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Erik ten Hag’s side appeared to have turned a corner with last week’s impressive 2-1 home win over Chelsea, but normal service was restored on Saturday as they slipped to the most demoralising defeat of the Dutchman’s reign to date.
Bournemouth, who had never previously won at Old Trafford, cantered to a thoroughly deserved 3-0 win which piled more pressure on Ten Hag ahead of a crucial week.
United face Bayern Munich tomorrow knowing a victory over the German giants may not be enough to ensure progression to the last 16 of the Champions League, while Liverpool lie in wait at Anfield on Sunday.
Ten Hag’s cause has hardly been helped by the petulance of Fernandes who will miss the game against Liverpool as a result of the needless yellow card he picked up in the dying stages against the Cherries.
A lack of discipline was far from his lone indiscretion, according to Sutton, who panned the Portugal international for his lack of care in possession.
He told the Daily Mail: ‘There was one quote in particular from Bruno Fernandes which summed up the alarmingly poor attitude among Manchester United’s players.
‘It was his admission that they thought it was ‘going to be easy’. United underestimated Bournemouth and they were schooled because of that.
‘I was at Old Trafford to witness this latest shambolic showing from Erik ten Hag’s team. They lost possession 161 times.
‘Fernandes accounted for 22 of those. He tried to play Hollywood passes and ended up in Hartlepool (no offence to any Monkey Hangers reading this).
‘Then he earned a yellow card for acting like a cry-baby towards the end of this beating. That was his fifth of the season, so he’s now banned for Sunday’s trip to Liverpool — a fixture United lost 7-0 last season. It was more poor leadership from the captain.
‘He was not the only culprit, of course. The attitude Fernandes mentioned post-match is a dressing-room problem.’
United’s players may think it will magically happen for them but, in reality, you have to be the ones to make it happen.
You don’t get freebies in this division. You get defeats if you rock up thinking you’ve won before a ball is kicked.
There is a reason why United have now lost more Premier League matches at home since Sir Alex Ferguson retired (35) than they did during his 21 PL seasons in charge (34). The attitude stinks and until they correct it the club will not move forward.
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