Louis van Gaal: This is why Manchester United lost to Bournemouth

“We have the selection to do that”, said Van Gaal, when he was asked if he was confident that United could win the Premier League.

Bournemouth scored in each half via two set plays, with Junior Stanislas breaking the deadlock straight from a corner after just three minutes.

“Manchester United are going backwards again and I don’t see that changing because the manager will not change”.

Bournemouth’s heroes have delivered a damning verdict on Louis van Gaal’s flops, declaring: Manchester United aren’t scary anymore.

Both full-backs, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and Guillermo Varela, were making their full Premier League debuts, with 20-year-old Paddy McNair and makeshift defender Daley Blind completing their back line.

Then came the saviors from 2009, with the injection of cash that set Bournemouth on the path to the Premier League.

Stanislas scored direct from a wind-assisted corner that bamboozled keeper David de Gea in the second minute and although Marouane Fellaini levelled in the 24th, King struck with a low shot from a well-worked 54th minute corner to earn the points. But United will give him a castiron guarantee that the succession plan for him to take over from Louis van Gaal remains in place.

Keen not to repeat that feat, Howe admitted Bournemouth still managed to break new ground by backing up victory at Chelsea with the United triumph.

While this makes for fairly grim reading for United fans, credit must go to sides like Leicester who have a fraction of the money United have at their disposal to buy big in Europe, and beyond.

“Players are playing it safe because they are afraid of the consequences if they try to take chances”, Ferdinand told the Sun.

Soon after the re-start, the Cherries regained the lead when Norwegian global (and former Man Utd youngster) Josh King fired home after a Matt Ritchie corner. He is losing plausibility by the day, and already there are suggestions Ryan Giggs – once considered a United “lifer” could yet be tempted by the vacant managerial position at Swansea City. Score directly from a corner in just the second minute.

Howe opted for the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” as he kept with the same side that beat Chelsea.

There was a sense before the game that United were there for the taking. He thinks so but more and more dissenting voices are arguing that point every week. “It’s a game that we can look back on with a lot of pride”.

“We really did nullify their threat and probably could have won by more, ” Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe said.

“You could compile a team of players Van Gaal that has sold during his 18 months in charge, and it is probably better than the one he fielded against Wolfsburg on Tuesday”. I thought the young lads did well, to be honest. I am not in favour of sacking managers – not in mid-season, at any rate – but I know that a lot of United fans have had enough.

“Then it is very hard to have a revival”.

“Of course it’s disappointing if you lose two matches in a row in an important week, so now we have to stay there in a position to keep fighting”.

“Yes, I have to say that in the second half, we played less but that is also I think the reason that we could not dominate the game because they always could have escaped through their striker Joshua King”.

Norwegian global King, who arrived from Blackburn on a free transfer in the summer, said: “I had five years at Manchester United”.