Manchester, UK: Manchester United crashed to a humiliating 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth on Sunday as Ruben Amorim admitted his "nervous" team would have to "suffer" before they can get back on track. It was a second successive flop for Amorim's side following their 4-3 League Cup quarter-final exit at Tottenham on Thursday. Bournemouth took a first-half lead through Dean Huijsen before Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo netted after the interval to complete a dismal afternoon for Amorim, who replaced the sacked Erik ten Hag in November.
A year after securing their first ever victory at Old Trafford, Andoni Iraola's Cherries triumphed by the same scoreline as they inflicted the biggest blow of Amorim's short reign. Huijsen became the latest player to capitalise on United's woeful set-piece defending, before a Kluivert penalty and a Semenyo strike sealed a stunning win that brought boos from the home fans at full-time. The result leaves United marooned in 13th over Christmas and marked an alarming fall from grace after last Sunday's 2-1 derby win at Manchester City.
Amorim had always warned there would be bumps in the road but a fourth defeat in his ninth match in charge further underlined the issues. "This game was hard on us. We suffered again on set-pieces and we were a bit nervous.
I felt it in the stadium," Amorim said. "If we manage to score the first goal then the game should be different. We want to score but we are too nervous.
We have to fight this. "After the pena.