Manchester United 1-1 Bournemouth

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) and Tyrone Mings — Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) appeared to elbow Tyrone Mings late in the first half

Manchester United remained sixth in the Premier League with a draw against 10-man Bournemouth in a match that had two unpleasant incidents involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings.

Both occurred towards the end of the first half after the players had earlier been warned by referee Kevin Friend for an off-the-ball incident.

First, Mings appeared to land on the back of the head of the United forward as he lay on the ground, and then from a corner, Ibrahimovic elbowed the Cherries defender.

That last incident was witnessed by Mings' team-mates, including midfielder Andrew Surman who pushed the Swedish striker to the ground.

He was consequently shown a yellow card, which Friend realised was his second after a long delay. The official eventually pulled out his red card.

That followed a period of United domination, and they took the lead when Marcos Rojo diverted Antonio Valencia's strike past keeper Artur Boruc.

The visitors - with only one win in 11 - then grabbed a shock equaliser when Joshua King converted from the spot after Phil Jones had brought down Marc Pugh.

United then won a penalty in the 71st minute when Adam Smith handled Paul Pogba's flick. But from the resulting spot-kick Boruc, magnificent during the match, dived to his right to keep out Ibrahimovic's effort.

Bournemouth hung on to earn their first league point in five games, but it is the incidents involving Ibrahimovic and Mings that will dominate the back pages.

Four incidents in five frantic minutes

Man Utd 1-1 Bournemouth: Mings jumped into me - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe arrived at Old Trafford feeling the effects of a stomach bug - and he would have felt more queasy after what he witnessed near the end of the first half.

Surman's sending off was the culmination of the bruising on and off-the-ball battle between Mings and Ibrahimovic.

Both had been talked to by Friend moments after the United striker had appeared to push the defender to the ground early on in the opening period. Neither were punished then, nor were they punished just before the break following the two incidents.

The first was highlighted by a TV replay when Mings, in hurdling United captain Wayne Rooney after tackling him, landed his boot on the top of Ibrahimovic, who was also lying on the turf.

From the corner, Ibrahimovic, again closely marked by Mings, appeared to elbow the defender in the face.

A melee then followed which resulted in a yellow card for Surman - his second - for a push on Ibrahimovic.

In an unsavoury end to the half, Bournemouth assistant Jason Tindall was also sent off for his protestations over the incident during the corner.

United fail to take advantage of dominance

If it was not for the brilliant saves of Boruc, United would have run away with this match.

The Cherries had conceded 51 goals in the league coming into the fixture - more than any other club - and it could have been 57 inside the first 22 minutes.

Boruc, with a strong sun in his eyes in the first half, made great saves to keep out strikes from Pogba, Rooney and then Anthony Martial. United also twice went close through Ibrahimovic.

And in the second half the Polish keeper pushed away another Pogba effort before he capped off his excellent display with a brilliant penalty save.

From United's point of view it will be a match in which they had 20 chances and only managed to convert one.

Manchester United draw against Bournemouth — Manchester United peppered the away goal with 20 efforts, shown in the left graphic. Six were saved by Cherries keeper Artur Boruc (green arrows), five missed the target (red arrows) and eight were blocked (yellow circles). Bournemouth, shown by the right graphic, scored with their only effort on target.

Man of the match - Artur Boruc (Bournemouth)

Ibrahimovic's first miss since 2015 - key stats

Manchester United's unbeaten Premier League run has been extended to 17 games (W9 D8), and they have not conceded more than once in a game during that run [10 goals conceded].
Ibrahimovic missed a penalty in a league game for the first time since September 2015 for Paris St-Germain against Guingamp - he had scored six consecutively before his failure today.
Artur Boruc was the first goalkeeper to save a penalty against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Premier League since Boaz Myhill in May 2015.
Boruc has saved four of the past seven penalties he has faced in the Premier League.
Joshua King was only the 14th player in Premier League history to score a penalty at Old Trafford for the opposing side.
King's goal was Bournemouth's only shot on target in the entire match.
Bournemouth have scored all seven of their Premier League penalties this season, more than any other side.
Rojo scored his first Premier League goal in his 54th appearance
United have managed 20-plus shots without winning four times in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.

What's next?

United are at FC Rostov next Thursday in the Europa League last 16, before they face Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final a week on Monday.

They next play in the league, after the Europa League return leg, when they travel to Middlesbrough on Sunday, 19 March.

The Cherries have a less busy schedule. They host West Ham in the league next Saturday.

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Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Man Utd

1de Gea
25A Valencia
4Jones
5Rojo
23ShawSubstituted forRashfordat 70'minutesBooked at 80mins
16CarrickBooked at 58minsSubstituted forFellainiat 70'minutes
6Pogba
8Mata
10RooneySubstituted forLingardat 70'minutes
11Martial
9IbrahimovicBooked at 39mins

Substitutes

12Smalling
14Lingard
17Blind
19Rashford
20Romero
21Herrera
27Fellaini

Bournemouth

1Boruc
15A Smith
3S Cook
26MingsSubstituted forCargillat 78'minutes
11Daniels
6SurmanBooked at 45mins
8ArterBooked at 13mins
24Fraser
17KingSubstituted forGradelat 88'minutes
7PughSubstituted forGoslingat 45'minutesBooked at 71mins
9Afobe

Substitutes

4Gosling
10Gradel
14B Smith
21Allsop
32Wilshere
33Ibe
38Cargill

Referee:: Kevin Friend
Attendance:: 75,245

Match Stats

Home TeamMan UtdAway TeamBournemouth

Possession: Home69%; Away31%

Shots: Home20; Away3

Shots on Target: Home7; Away1

Corners: Home15; Away2

Fouls: Home9; Away11

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Match ends, Manchester United 1, Bournemouth 1.
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Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Bournemouth 1.

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Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Benik Afobe (Bournemouth).
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Attempt blocked. Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Mata.
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Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth).
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Substitution
Substitution, Bournemouth. Max Gradel replaces Joshua King because of an injury.
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Attempt missed. Joshua King (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Fraser with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Marcos Rojo.
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Booking
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
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Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
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Substitution
Substitution, Bournemouth. Baily Cargill replaces Tyrone Mings because of an injury.
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Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Harry Arter (Bournemouth).
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
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Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

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It's getting worrying the number of "incidents" United keep getting away with.
Forget the awful refereeing, the red cards, the penalties and penalty misses, the big story here is just how bad Paul Pogba was. He got worse and worse as the game went on, and he didn't start well. Would class players just can't play this badly, so he isn't, and £89m is a total joke.
How did Zlatan not get sent off? There must be retrospective punishment - at least 4 games
Just listened to Rooney condemning the stamp on Ibrahimovic and rightly so. What was funny was he said he clearly see that incident but not the elbow on Ming. Funny when you watch the replays he has his back to the incident already moaning about the previous tackle. Typical lying Rooney.
Vote up if you hate Man u
Vote up if you hate man u
Does this shower ever go 98 minutes without help from the officials?

Has anything ever been Mourinho's fault?

Was Pogba worth £109m?
Brave battling Bournemouth boys held by mid-table mediocre Manu multi-millionaires
At what point is this ManU/FA love going to end? Its embarrasing now!
The referee looked good in red.
Man Utd's Man-Of-The-Match.
Hahahaha Man Utd are born for 6th it seems. These lot get away with incidents nearly every game and it ain't fair, how Man Utd fans don't even admit it themselves shows how much of a lying, cheating club truly is. And Man Utd fans say that refs are against them? Behave will you.
To be honest I dont want to be sportingly politically correct about this game because it had everything the old football matches had.

Bad decisions by the ref, players on the pitch when they should have been sent off, missed penalties and a team fighting for survival getting a well earned point away from home with a man down against one of the big clubs.

Well done Bournemouth
I bet the Beeb are heartbroken. For the last week they have been saying that Manure will be back to world domination after their 'heroic' EFL cup win over the Saints. Let's face it Moan United are bang average, with a manager in Maureen well past his sell by date. 6th place United can't even put away 10 man Bournemouth, shows the mighty have fallen. No chance of top 4.
Rooney has just said in front of the camera that he saw Mings deliberately stamp on the players head. What a liar, Rooney had his back to the incident so unless he has eyes sewn into his artificial hair on the back of his head he didn’t see it. Ban both players for the challenger’s and ban Rooney for telling porkies and trying to get another player banned.
Why are Man Utd fans so angry? They won the World Cup last week...
It is entirely understandable that a referee should make mistakes. It is inexcusable that they see an offence and then fail to act. Such a failure can only be due to cowardice or, less probably, corruption. Kevin Friend needs to be permanently removed from the PL referees list. No club can have confidence in him going forward.
Just how many referees are on United's books? Been on about it for ages - got to have more video evidence used live
Man Utd - the most expensive flop since the Millennium Dome.
That should have been ibras 3rd red this season but has none. FA support of man u is a disgrace
Man united should have not even won against Southampton last Sunday on EFL final
Boruc's performance was absolutely heroic however, you have to quest how United didnt put more in. Ibrahimovic after last weak looked missing. Good for Liverpool but i dont want that to be the point. An excellent performance from the bournemouth defence who forced Utd to long shots and, after their 6-3 drobbing by Everton, look a whole lot better
Well done Eddie Howe!

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