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Bournemouth rescue draw with Man United in eight-goal thriller

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Last Updated: December 16, 2025 12:38:11 IST

VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER RUBEN AMORIM AND BOURNEMOUTH MANGER ANDONI IRAOLA FOLLOWING THEIR 4-4 DRAW IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE / STILLS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MATCH RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 15, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, SAYING:     “That was a fun game for everyone at home. I think we lost – if you look at the game, you can think that we lost two points in the second half. I think we lost the two points in the first half. We should have (scored) more goals. It should be a different result in the half-time. Similar to Nottingham, we suffered two goals really fast, but we managed to get the back to take the advantage again and then we need to close the game. Again, it was a fun game to watch. Of course, there is a feeling of scoring four goals and not winning the game.”  2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, SAYING:     “It's understanding of the moments of the game. Understanding that a lot of goals after half-time, we need to start the second half in a different way. So, it's everything together. It’s not a mentality thing. It’s an understanding of the game and how to play the game in different moments.” 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, SAYING:     “No, I think we have talent in the back. We have quality players in the back. We just need to be better as a team defending. But that is a good point. That at least shows that we took care of the offence. We are improving, but I think is not the same situation. We have the characteristics, we just need to work together and to improve our players because they have quality to defend better.” AMORIM LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BOURNEMOUTH MANAGER, ANDONI IRAOLA, SAYING:     “There were moments, even in the stoppage time, where you wanted the game to finish because it's, ‘OK, at the end you take one point’. But the next 10 seconds, you are like, ‘Wait, wait, wait’, because we're very close to scoring. And then, the momentum goes for us, and then you lose a goal and then, ‘Maybe it's better it finishes’. A lot of ups and downs. Normally 4-4; they always say the managers don’t like these kinds of games because there’s lots of mistakes. It’s one point for us. It’s not a lot, but we also enjoyed the game. We came from behind.”  8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BOURNEMOUTH MANAGER, ANDONI IRAOLA, SAYING:     “I enjoyed it. They always say the mangers don’t enjoy 4-4s. I know we made lots of mistakes, but there are also moments where – I prefer 4-4 to 0-0. Even if it’s the same point, I prefer it because at the end, it’s the same (one point). It gives us things to improve on, yes definitely. But also things I think we can use positively.” / IRAOLA LEAVING PRESSER MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 15, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 10. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED’S AMAD DIALLO SCORING THEIR FIRST GOAL 11. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF DIALLO SCORING 12. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOURNEMOUTH’S ANTOINE SEMENYO CELEBRATING WITH TEAMMATES AFTER SCORING THEIR FIRST GOAL 13. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED’S CASEMIRO CELEBRATING WITH TEAMMATES AFTER SCORING THEIR SECOND GOAL 14. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOURNEMOUTH’S EVANILSON SCORING THEIR SECOND GOAL 15. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOURNEMOUTH’S MARCUS TAVERNIER SCORING THEIR THIRD GOAL 16. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED’S BRUNO FERNANDES SCORING THEIR THIRD GOAL 17. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FERNANDES CELEBRATING SCORING THEIR THRID GOAL 18. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED’S MATHEUS CUNHA AFTER SCORING THEIR FOURTH GOAL 19. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF CUNHA CELEBRATING 20. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOURNEMOUTH’S ELI JUNIOR KROUPI CELEBRATING AFTER SCORING THEIR FOURTH GOAL TO LEVEL AT 4-4 21. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF AMORIM, CASEMIRO AND TEAMMATES LOOKIND DEJECTED AFTER MATCH STORY: Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi struck late to salvage a point for his side in a 4-4 draw with Manchester United on Monday (December 15), capping a Premier League thriller that swung wildly from start to finish.     Ruben Amorim's men squandered the chance to move level with fourth-place Chelsea in the standings, and instead are sixth on 26 points. Bournemouth are 13th on 21 points.     United looked set for victory after Bruno Fernandes and Matheus Cunha struck two minutes apart in the second half to make it 4-3. But substitute Kroupi levelled in the 84th minute after Alejandro Jimenez found him on the edge of the box.     United's Amad Diallo and Casemiro scored in the first half, but both goals were cancelled out, first by Antoine Semenyo and then by Evanilson, seconds after halftime.     Marcus Tavernier struck a stunning freekick in the 52nd minute to put Bournemouth ahead before a frantic climax ended with the points being shared. (Production: Phil Noble, Kurt Michael Hall)

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