{"id":298946,"date":"2017-03-04T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298946"},"modified":"2017-03-04T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:00:18","slug":"man-united-1-1-bournemouth-ibrahimovic-misses-penalty-in-hectic-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/man-united-1-1-bournemouth-ibrahimovic-misses-penalty-in-hectic-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United 1-1 Bournemouth: Ibrahimovic misses penalty in hectic clash"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manchester United missed the chance to break<\/span><\/span> in the top four\u00a0as they were held to a 1-1 draw by\u00a0ten-man Bouremouth in a hectic clash at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n In a game littered with bizarre referee decisions and bookings galore, the Red Devils started well and deservedly took the lead through Marcus Rojo\u2019s neat finish.<\/p>\n But the Cherries had chances of their own and were soon level thanks to a controversial penalty, which was scored by Josh King.<\/p>\n United were raging by the spot kick decision, with Phil Jones adjudged to have fouled Marc Pugh in the box, and it set the tone for the rest of a scrappy half.<\/p>\n Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings were involved in an ongoing battle but surprisingly neither received more than just a booking after the United striker\u2019s elbow and the Bournemouth defender\u2019s nasty head stamp in retaliation.<\/p>\n The first-half ended in total chaos as multiple player clashes eventually saw the Cherries reduced to ten men – Andrew Surman shown a second yellow card for dissent.<\/p>\n And the second-half began with more controversy as United boss Jose Mourinho was seen speaking in the ear of Mings, with a Bournemouth player forced to intervene.<\/p>\n United had a host of chances to seal victory after the break, but were left frustrated by goalkeeper Artur Boruc, who saved an Ibrahimovic penalty, and their own lack of finishing touch.<\/p>\n Paul Pogba was particularly wasteful with a number of big chances in five minutes of stoppage time, but Mourinho’s men just werent clinical enough.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Talksport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manchester United missed the chance to break in the top four\u00a0as they were held to a 1-1 draw by\u00a0ten-man Bouremouth in a hectic clash at Old Trafford. In a game littered with bizarre referee decisions and bookings galore, the Red Devils started well and deservedly took the lead through Marcus Rojo\u2019s neat finish. But the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n