MANCHESTER UNITED broke two unwanted club records following their miserable thrashing at home to Bournemouth to add to their woeful season.
United lost 3-0 to the Cherries at Old Trafford to plummet to 13th place in the Premier League table after goals by Dean Huijsen, Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo.
This marked Man Utd’s heaviest defeat under new manager Ruben Amorim, who took over after the once title favourites endured their worst ever Prem start.
And now two more negative records occurred to pile up on the Red Devils’ troubles.
The Manchester giants have found themselves in the bottom half of the Premier League table at Christmas for the first time in their history.
And excluding penalties, United have conceded 17 goals from set-pieces in the English top flight this year.
That is their most in a single calendar year in the Premier League.
Amorim addressed his team’s weakness while defendiong set-pieces during his post-match interview.
The Portuguese tactician told Sky Sports: “It’s hard. In this context, it’s hard to push for two or three wins. We’re trying. But this game was hard on us.
“Without any situation we suffered again at set-pieces. We were a little bit nervous, the stadium.
“We controlled the rest of the first half with some clear chances, and then in the second with the penalty and then another goal is really hard on everyone here.
“In this kind of moment, every thing is hard on us. The set-pieces, the penalty, then we want to score again but we are too nervous. We have to fight this.
“We tried to score but in the end, it was a tough match in a tough situation. We need to move on.”
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