'You will get spaces' - How Bournemouth planned Manchester United victory

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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola said he knew his team would get chances against Manchester United because of the number of players the home side commit to attacking moves.

The Cherries boss set up his wide to try and take advantage of United in wide areas, which he felt is a strength for Erik ten Hag's side but also a potential weakness, given the number of players he throws forward.

United have found it difficult to contain counter attacks all season and continue to look too open in games, with Bournemouth exploiting those opportunities perfectly in their 3-0 win at Old Trafford. ALSO READ: United player ratings vs Bournemouth as Martial and Fernandes poor ALSO READ: Ten Hag criticises United squad after Bournemouth humbling "When you come to a stadium like this you know they’re very strong, especially in wide areas, full-backs overlapping and underlapping, wingers very dangerous in one-v-one, you know you have to be very sharp in your own box, clearances, blocks," said Iraola. "But they send a lot of players forward so you will get spaces.

In this kind of open game when you know there will be chances for both games, we spoke at half-time and needing more goals if we want to win. "When you send so many threats it’s a matter of numbers, you have situations to attack 2-v-2, 3-v-2, 3-v-3, we were good in these moments.