Finally, BOURNEMOUTH won the top spot at the Theatre of Dreams. It was another bad day for Manchester United.

It had been one time that the Cherries were ahead at Old Trafford, but they had never won there.

Iraola’s team, on the other hand, took the lead in five minutes thanks to Dominic Solanke and didn’t look back the whole afternoon.

Philip Billing, a Danish defender, secured the win before Marcos Senesi shamed United even more.

It couldn’t have been worse for Erik ten Hag’s team at the start of a week that could make or break their season.   

They were booed off, and now they have to try to save their Champions League hopes on Tuesday night. Next Sunday, they have to go to Liverpool.

The Red Devils are back to square one just when it looked like they were making progress.

I can’t believe Ten Hag was celebrating just 24 hours ago when he won manager of the month.  

Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund, who was bought for a lot of money this summer, were both left on the bench by the former Ajax manager, which was a surprise.

Many people didn’t like that Anthony Martial started instead, which made the regulars scratch their heads.

Before this game, Bournemouth had won three and tied one of their last four games, so they were in good shape.

Andoni Iraola is the manager of Athletic Bilbao, the team that beat United in the Europa League in 2012.

And the way his Cherries did their work here would have made him very happy.

As early as the first few minutes, Andre Onana tripped Solanke in the box, but the referee and VAR both said it was okay.

Lewis Cook beat Scott McTominay to the ball and scored in the fifth minute, putting them ahead. Cook ran past Sofyan Amrabat.

Solanke cleverly touched in his low cross from the right. But it was too easy for him to score his eighth goal of the season.

In their history, the Cherries have only been ahead twice at the Theatre of Dreams. The last time was in 2020, but they lost 5-2.

United tried to get right back into the game. Harry Maguire sent in a looping shot that Neto had to tip over.

However, Bournemouth played strong defence and also had a threat when they broke.

And United was lucky to only be behind by one goal at halftime.

Solanke’s shot was saved by Onana, but United was lucky that the linesman’s flag was up when Marcus Tavernier headed in the rebound.

Soon after, Tavernier was given a ticket for wasting time as he got ready to take a corner, even though the game hadn’t even been going for 30 minutes yet.

From the following free kick, Marcos Senesi hit the ball with his head, but it didn’t quite reach the far post.

The away team got even closer when Cook set Solanke up again. This time, Solanke’s low shot beat Onana but hit the post.

The lead that Iraola’s team had was well-earned, while United rarely looked like they would score more than their 18 goals so far this season.

Ten Hag didn’t make any changes at halftime, but 10 minutes after the game started, he was done.

When he chose to replace Martial with Hojlund, the home fans cheered the loudest of the afternoon.

The player from Atalanta who cost £72 million was a nice sight, but he hasn’t scored yet in the Premier League.

In the game against Chelsea, McTominay scored two goals that saved United. He could have scored again, but this time his header went straight at Neto.

Hojlund’s shot that was going in was stopped, and Diogo Dalot’s shot went into the sidenetting when it should have gone over.

But the away team was easily handling the home team’s danger and still looked like they could help going forward.

They doubled their lead in the middle of the second half when Solanke picked off a pass from Luke Shaw and sent it to Tavernier.

When he crossed the ball to the back post, Billing easily beat Shaw to score past Onana.

It was so quiet at Old Trafford, but things got even worse in just five minutes.

Tavernier’s corner kick from the right corner found Senesi’s head, who hit it with such force that no one was able to stop him.  

Because it was the seventh loss in the league this season, that made a lot of people leave.

As time was running out, Amrabat sent a loose pass that let Bournemouth in again, and Dango Outtara smashed the ball home.