GARY NEVILLE has delivered a brutal five-word assessment of Manchester United’s performance against Bournemouth yesterday.
United slumped to a 3-0 defeat to the Cherries in what could be Erik ten Hag’s costliest result during his tenure as coach.
Neville’s assessment was simple, as he posted on X: “Consistently Inconsistent! An abysmal result..”
The loss at home to Bournemouth comes off the back of an impressive win at home to Chelsea which many thought might have seen them turn a corner.
It saw fans question how bad Chelsea must be if United were able to be overcome so easily by a Cherries team that sit 13th in the Premier League.
But an early Dominic Solanke goal meant the Red Devils were always struggling in the game and second half goals from Philip Billing and Marcos Senesi only compounded the pain.
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Bournemouth’s victory was United’s eleventh defeat of the season and Ten Hag was taunted by chants of “You’re getting sacked in the morning” from Cherries fans.
Ten Hag was fuming after the match and said: “You have to be at your best in every game, starting with focus.
“When you start like we did, you get killed. They are good opponents but we have to do better.
“As a squad, we are not good enough to be consistent.
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“We know we are able to do it, we showed it in the week. We have to leave this behind but we have to talk about it.
“You need consistency, we can play a very good game against many opponents, we are able to do it but you have to do it every third day.
“Get it right and the demands are of a certain standard. We have to go to higher standards to deliver it every third day.”
Ten Hag, who won November’s manager of the month, took some of the blame for his team’s dismal start, which saw them fall behind inside five minutes.
He said: “We have to always be ready for the game, so I have to take responsibility for that.
“I have to prepare the team so they are ready. I’m very disappointed the way we started and we have to be better.”
United have the chance to rectify the situation in their crucial Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday, which is followed by a trip to Anfield next Sunday.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
