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# Post-Match Comments: Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United

Manchester United capped off a miserable week by falling to a 2-1 defeat against Bournemouth last night.

After being knocked out of the Champions League by Wolfsburg in midweek, Louis van Gaal was looking a response from his men, but it was not forthcoming as the Reds slumped to defeat in their first Premier League encounter against the Cherries.

Junior Stanislas gave Bournemouth the lead in the second minute, curling home directly from a corner before Marouane Fellaini restored parity with a scrappy goal midway through the first-half. However, it was ex-United man Joshua King who condemned the Reds to defeat, scoring from a well-worked set piece.

![Steve Bardens/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmanutd.com/readmanutd/2015/12/501106458.jpg)

Here’s what van Gaal had to say to the cameras after today’s match:

> *It is very disappointing because, in spite of the early goal, we came on very well in the match, scored an equaliser and we created more chances to score a second goal. We didn’t do that in the first half but we had the feeling in the players, the management and the staff that we could win this game. Then the set-play causes the second goal of Bournemouth and you cannot accept it as a player or a manager.*
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> *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. That was a pity. They have created, in the second half, only chances out of set-plays and we have also created chances out of play on the pitch. Fellaini had a lot of chances but you have to score.*

![Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmanutd.com/readmanutd/2015/12/501107146.jpg)

> *It is always the same, even when you win – you have to do the same things but, when you lose, then it is more difficult because every player is very disappointed. The silence in the dressing room was big. Of course, I have already spoken but it takes a long time. We have to train, we have to prepare for Norwich City and we have to beat them.*
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> *That is our aim and purpose but it is, of course, more difficult when you lose two times in a row. It is a very bad moment to lose. We have to put the heads up again and believe in ourselves because that is also very important. We have to prepare for this match in the same way as we always do.*