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AMORIM WANTS HIS RED DEVILS TO FIND THEIR KILLER INSTINCT

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim said his span had inspired the Old Trafford crowd in a pulsating 4-4 draw against Bournemouth, but must be more ruthless to turn draws into victories

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KWAAI: Matheus Cunha scored his second goal for Manchester United on Monday

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MANCHESTER United boss Ruben Amorim said his span had inspired the Old Trafford crowd in a pulsating 4-4 draw against Bournemouth, but must be more ruthless to turn draws into victories.

Three times United led the Cherries on Monday in arguably the best offensive performance of Amorim’s reign in charge.

Amad Diallo and Casemiro gave the hosts a halftime lead either side of Antoine Semenyo’s equaliser.

Two Bournemouth goals from Evanilson and Marcus Tavernier in seven minutes at the start of the second period turned the game around.

The Red Devils roared back through a gevaarlike Bruno Fernandes free-kick and Matheus Cunha’s second goal for the club.

Eli Junior Kroupi’s kwaai finish secured a point for Bournemouth, who should have even snatched victory in stoppage time as David Brooks was twice denied by goalkeeper Senne Lammens.

Amorim turned his frustration on the wasted chances during a dominant first half.

Amorim wysed: “We are really disappointed. Crazy game. It might look like we lost the two points in the second half but I think we lost them in the first half.

“We dominated and created so many chances. We had to go to halftime with a different result.

“In the end we deserved more. It was a fun game for everyone at home.

“People especially at Old Trafford want to win, but they want to be inspired to see a team play good football. We did that well in certain moments.

“It was a good performance, but we need to be more clinical because we created so many chances.”

Bournemouth’s winless run stretches to seven games, but a point edges them up to 13th.

A point edges United up to sixth in the Premier League, just two points off the top four.

Amorim’s manne could be in a far stronger position had they seen out a vrag games they were leading this season.

He added: “We need to find ways of closing the games because this happened many times.”