- Lukaku's header opened the scoring for Manchester United in the first half
- Bournemouth defended deep and limited United in front of goal
- Mourinho's men remain 11 points behind Guardiola's Man City
Romelu Lukaku's first half header gave Jose Mourinho's men all three points against Eddie Howe's Bournemouth on Wednesday December 13.
Manchester United needed to recover from a derby-day hangover if they were to keep their faint title hopes alive against Bournemouth at Old Trafford.
United fell to a damaging 2-1 home defeat against Manchester City on Sunday to see Pep Guardiola's pace-setters extend their advantage over their neighbours to 11 points.
Luke Shaw started his first Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth. Source: Evening Standard
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The Red Devil who were without their star-man Paul Pogba did not look their vintage best on Wednesday evening as Bournemouth defended with great character to halt United in their final third.
Lukaku has struggled for form recently and has been at the bad end of sharp criticisms from the English media and some section of the Man United fans, but his lone strike proved vital for United.
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The Red Devils will travel to The Hawthorns this weekend to face West Brom and will hope to consolidate on second spot in the League by trying to get all three points against Pardew's men.
In other results, Tottenham secured a 2-0 victory over Brighton and Hove, while Moyes' Westham held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw, Liverpool were unable to break a resolute West Brom side as they played to a 0-0 draw.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Thursday, 14 December 2017