Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester United

Manchester United’s « pleasant » 2-0 hang at Bournemouth proved the players want to feature in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-closing with Tottenham, according to supervisor Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho made seven changes to his aspect as United bounced relieve from Sunday’s surprise dwelling defeat by backside club West Brom.

Chris Smalling and change Romelu Lukaku scored in either half on the Vitality Stadium to offer United a Four-point lead over third-set up Liverpool within the desk, with Four video games final.

Mourinho had described this match as a probability for players to catch a collection up within the crew to face Spurs in a competition which represents United’s closing probability of winning a trophy this season.

He talked about Lukaku, Antonio Valencia, who was rested, and Nemanja Matic would return to the startling line-up at Wembley, whereas others had given him a lot to factor in.

« I will not be any longer going to play this XI but all of them educated me they want to play, » talked about Mourinho.

« This hang was based fully mostly on moral perspective, professionalism and a call to hang a well-known match for us as a result of now it be no longer easy to no longer attain within the tip Four. »

Who performed themselves into Mourinho’s Wembley plans?

This was the response Mourinho demanded after the deflating result against West Brom, which confirmed neighbours Manchester Metropolis as champions.

With the title long gone and patience running skinny, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini and Matteo Darmian were amongst those recalled whereas goalkeeper David de Gea, who captained the aspect, Smalling, Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba were the most straightforward survivors from the weekend.

This was removed from classic United yet it was an enchancment on the performance against West Brom, which Mourinho described as « refined ».

In distinction to Sunday, Pogba was stable, if unspectacular, whereas Herrera’s defence-splitting ball for Lingard to tee up Smalling to creep in for the opener was the pass of the night.

Lingard has a healthy goalscoring narrative at Wembley and his energetic performance against Bournemouth could per chance well well catch him a starting set up against Spurs.

United’s forty ninth aggressive sport of the season had an end-of-season feel about it but their aims were well crafted and the facets arduous earned.

Lukaku’s attain, eight minutes after replacing Lingard, came after a driving speed and pass by Pogba.

Cherries plan for a fourth Premier League season

Bournemouth have now won easiest one of their past 9 league video games but, barring a spectacular sequence of results, they’ll be playing within the Premier League for a fourth successive season.

That in itself is a mammoth fulfillment for boss Eddie Howe and his players.

The Cherries, Eleventh within the desk, are 10 facets above the relegation zone, even when they have got performed two video games extra than a number of the teams under them.

« We’re no longer pretty catch – I’m losing interest of asserting it. We have three huge video games left and we desire to ranking over the road, » talked about Howe, whose aspect have overwhelmed Arsenal and Chelsea in 2018.

On one other day, Callum Wilson could per chance well well need won a penalty. With the get hang of 1-0, Shaw perceived to manufacture contact because the Bournemouth striker failed to divert Joshua King’s detestable over the road, ahead of Lukaku’s sixteenth league purpose of the season ended the home aspect’s hopes of a fightback.

« We gave every thing. We were first rate for colossal spells, » added Howe.

« United didn’t have an mammoth amount of probabilities either but took their aims well. You should love the effective of the opposition at cases. »

Man of the Match – Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)

De Gea’s season to have in strategies – the stats

• Goalkeeper David de Gea has stored extra neat sheets in all competitions for Manchester United in 2017-18 than he has in any other season for the club (21)
• United have won six of their past seven Premier League video games, scoring two or extra aims in each victory
• After winning their first Premier League meeting with Man Utd (2-1 in December 2015), Bournemouth have lost Four and drawn one of the vital next 5 fits
• Romelu Lukaku has scored seven aims in six Premier League appearances against Bournemouth
• No player has equipped extra Premier League assists in away video games this season than Paul Pogba (7 – stage with Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen and Manchester Metropolis’s David Silva)
• Bournemouth keeper Asmir Begovic has stored easiest one neat sheet in his past 22 Premier League video games – and none within the past 10

The speed-in – who plays who?

What’s next?

Bournemouth are no longer in action again till 28 April when they lope to face Southampton within the Premier League (15:00 BST). Manchester United will perceive to take alive their hopes of ending the season with a trophy when they face Tottenham at Wembley within the FA Cup semi-closing on Saturday (17:15 BST).