SCORE: 1st Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Rojo) 1-1 (King) BOURNEMOUTH

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Premier League Tie between Manchester United and Bournemouth

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Date: March 4th, 2017

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Kick off BST: 12:30

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Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	A.F.C. Bournemouth
De Gea	Boruc
Valencia	Daniels
Jones	Mings
Rojo	Cook
Shaw	Smith
Carrick	Surman
Pogba	Arter
Mata	Fraser
Rooney	King
Martial	Pugh
Ibrahimovic	Afobe

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: Romero, Smalling, Blind, Herrera, Fellaini, Lingard, Rashford

A.F.C Bournemouth SUBS: Allsopp, Cargill, Smith, Gosling, Wilshere, Ibe, Gradel

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Team news:

• SHAW STARTS!

• ROONEY STARTS!

• Jones and Rojo return as our CBs, Carrick in midfield again with Pogba. Fellaini, Herrera, Lingard, and Rashford are attacking options off the bench.

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF! United in red, Bournemouth in blue!

4' UNITED COME CLOSE! Shaw plays an optimistic ball over the top on the counter attack and Pogba shows his pace to get to it first but his shot is saved behind. United corner is taken and we come close with Mata again! We're doing well. (Ref's being a bit of a twat though and not giving obvious fouls)

10' United have been finding space behind the Bournemouth line and are playing good balls to get into dangerous positions. We just need to convert a chance and the game will open up even more.

10' CHANCES FOR BOTH TEAMS! Rooney is straight through and squares to Ibra but his first touch is atrocious and he can't beat Boruc. On the other end, Afobe beats Rojo and is clean through on goal but De Gea comes out and forces a mistake and United sort it out.

12' BOURNEMOUTH YELLOW CARD After is booked for a very late challenge on Carrick that the ref played advantage for. (Martial unleashed a very good shot from the advantage forcing a low save from Boruc)

13' UNITED ARE PILING FORWARD! So many chances! Ibrahimovic can't convert again from a few yards out but Martial, Rooney, Ibra, and Pogba are all looking particularly bright. This is end to end, with United being slightly sloppy at times too!

20' United have honestly been unbelievable this early on. Carrick is disrupting everything in midfield and we're finding so much space in the final third that surely a goal is coming... We need to make this count!

23' MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL WE'VE GOT OUR GOAL! AND IT'S MARCOS ROJO! Valencia receives the ball outside the box and tries to unleash a shot at goal but it turns into a driven cross/pass that Rojo sticks a leg out and directs into the back of the net!

30' Not much has happened since the goal. United with the majority of possession but no major chances like we were creating before the goal.

32' BOURNEMOUTH YELLOW CARD Surman is booked for a late challenge on Shaw.

37' Ibrahimovic is called over by the ref after a tussle with a Bournemouth player and Ibra starts lecturing the ref and the Bournemouth player as well and teaching them both a lesson.

38' BOURNEMOUTH PENALTY Jones makes a terrible decision to challenge Pugh in the box and Bournemouth have a chance to level...

39' BOURNEMOUTH GOAL De Gea dives the right way and Bournemouth scores.

40' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Ibrahimovic was also booked at some point for dissent.

43' Boruc is having the game of his life and we have a corner from a good Rooney shot that was well saved.

44' Bournemouth and Ibra are getting into it now and he needs to be careful. We can't afford a red.

45' Okay let's summarise. There was advantage played before the corner on a foul where both Rooney and Ibra went down. That probably got tempers flaring a bit. From the corner, Ibra went up for the cross and elbowed Mings (quite obviously, retrospective ban incoming imo) for the header and that got the tussle started. Surman then got a second yellow (maybe for the earlier foul or during the arguments) and he's been sent off. Ibrahimovic has gotten away with his final warning.

45' BOURNEMOUTH RED CARD Surman SENT OFF

45' THREE MINUTES ADDED

45+2' Ibrahimovic and Mings have been going at it the whole game and this could get worse. The ref's had a very poor game

45+4' HALF TIME

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