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Lisandro Martinez says he tin “see a light” astatine Manchester United contempt Sunday’s “unacceptable” 3-0 location conclusion to Bournemouth adding to the acheronian astir the club.
The Red Devils were booed by immoderate of their ain fans arsenic they suffered a humiliating Old Trafford nonaccomplishment to the Cherries conscionable a week aft a memorable precocious derby triumph astatine Manchester City.
United lacked that tone and cutting separator erstwhile Bournemouth visited, pinch Dean Huijsen becoming the latest subordinate to utilization their group portion fragility erstwhile nodding location a first-half free-kick.
Amorim acknowledged the request to reside that weakness, truthful excessively his players’ inability to woody pinch setbacks aft Antoine Semenyo scored 2 minutes aft Justin Kluivert converted a penalty.
Bournemouth near Old Trafford pinch a 3-0 triumph – conscionable arsenic they did past December – but defender Martinez believes things are connected the up contempt the nine heading into Christmas languishing 13th.
“We are very disappointed because I deliberation we are playing truthful well,” the Argentina world said. “We are playing truthful well, we create galore chances and unluckily we couldn’t score, truthful disappointed.
“We person to set a fewer things, particularly astatine group pieces, but I deliberation we person to commencement games scoring the first goal. We want to activity connected that.
“I deliberation we person a awesome coach and a awesome group arsenic well. We person the chance now because we cognize successful this nine losing is unacceptable, but we are present to alteration things.”
Put to Martinez that United do not look to beryllium getting rewarded for improving performances, he told MUTV: “Yeah, for judge we merit more. I spot a ray successful this nine that I deliberation we are going to execute that.
“You spot successful the games that we are improving. We person to judge and for judge it’s difficult to judge this benignant of result.
“But I judge a batch successful the staff, successful our squad and, really I said, we are going to alteration this.”
The Bournemouth conclusion came basking connected the heels of Thursday’s chaotic 4-3 Carabao Cup quarter-final nonaccomplishment astatine Tottenham – a double rustle United will look to bounce backmost from astatine Wolves connected Boxing Day.
“We person to now retrieve and past hole good for the crippled because we request points,” Martinez added. “We want to alteration this situation. I americium 100 per cent assured connected that.”
As United caregiver their wounds, high-flying Bournemouth beryllium 5th successful the standings astatine Christmas – a spot that could beryllium capable to seal Champions League qualification travel the extremity of the season.
Andoni Iraola’s awesome Cherries will look to widen their unbeaten tally to six and cod a 5th triumph erstwhile Crystal Palace travel to municipality connected Boxing Day.
“Shellshocked, to beryllium honest,” goalscorer Semenyo said. “It’s back-to-back wins here.
“I deliberation we sewage the property right. I deliberation everything successful the first half and the 2nd half we done (sic) it to a tee and, yeah, it’s conscionable a bully squad performance.
“3-0 away, 3 points. It’s lovely. It’s conscionable great.
“Definitely (we’re) successful a bully tally of form. We conscionable request to support going, conscionable person to beryllium positive.
“Everyone’s buying into what the manager’s doing successful training and you tin spot it successful games arsenic well.
“So, (we) conscionable person to support pushing and who knows what this squad tin do?”