Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraloa pinpoints tactic that helped them batter Man Utd
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraloa has pinpointed exactly how the Cherries dismantled Manchester United.
Old Trafford was left in stunned silence on Saturday afternoon when Philip Billing and Marcos Senesi netted two quick-fire second-half goals to gift Bournemouth their first ever win on United's turf. And speaking after the game, Iraola explained how he exposed the Red Devils' weaknesses.
Iraloa noted that United send a lot of players forward – and he aimed to hit them on the counter. In his post-match press conference he said: "They [United] send a lot of players forward so you will get spaces.
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"We knew they would make our wingers run backwards, but we knew when we could recover high our forwards would have space. We knew in transitions we would have our chances and we took them."
The Red Devils are struggling for consistency this season, with Saturday marking their 11th loss of the campaign in all competitions and leaving them slumped in sixth place in the Premier League table. Erik ten Hag said: "I think we didn't start well and we already had a warning shot, when they almost had a penalty.
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"That should have woken us up. But then we gave a goal away very easily. And then you make them big because they are a transition team and they defended very tough.
"They go in the duels, they go one on one and it was very difficult then. I thought we played too but we didn't have the brilliance in the box.
"I feel sorry for [the fans] because they're always behind us and they could expect more from us and we have to do it from the first whistle. And you can't start the game after five minutes."
Manchester United have a huge week ahead of them, as they must first beat Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Tuesday night to have any chance of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League, before travelling to Anfield on Sunday to try to exorcise the demons of their famous 7-0 annihilation at the hands of their biggest rivals earlier this year.
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