Manchester United have suffered another selection setback ahead of their next Premier League game against Aston Villa. The blow came during a thrilling 4-4 draw with Bournemouth. Ruben Amorim’s side once again dropped points at home and were unable to clinch victory.
By the 60th minute, United were 3-2 up at Old Trafford and looking to extend their unbeaten run to four games. United initially took the lead through Amad’s header, but Antoine Semenyo equalized for Bournemouth just before half-time.
Casemiro’s header gave United the lead just before the break, but the Reds quickly lost their advantage with goals from the visitors Evanlison and Marcus Tavernier. Bruno Fernandes then scored United an equalizer with a free-kick in the 77th minute, and Matheus Cunha put United ahead shortly after.
Bournemouth tied the score at 4-4 with a goal from Eli Junior Crupi. Tavernier’s earlier goal came from a direct free-kick following a foul by Casemiro on the Bournemouth forward.
Referee Simon Hooper gave Casemiro a yellow card for the challenge, his seventh in the league this season, but his fifth in his career, apart from the two yellows he received in the win over Chelsea in September.
As a result, Casemiro has been handed a one-match suspension and will miss this weekend’s away game at Aston Villa.
United will be without Amad, Brian Mbeumo and Nouseir Mazraoui for the next game as they are representing their respective countries at the Africa Cup of Nations. In addition, Amorim was unable to include Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt in his squad for the game against Bournemouth due to injury concerns.
With Casemiro out, Amorim will have to decide between Coby Mainu and Manuel Ugarte.
The England international replaced Casemiro against Bournemouth, but United were chasing the game at that point and a defensive option like Ugarte might be preferred against Unai Emery’s side.
