BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Bruno Fernandes had a goal and an assist and Harry Maguire marked his return to the England squad after receiving a red card as Manchester United drew 2-2 with Bournemouth in the Premier League on Friday.
After a lackluster first half, Fernandes, who was often United’s savior, put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot on the hour mark.
Bournemouth equalized six minutes later with a perfect low shot from Ryan Christie.
Fernandes’ inswinging corner kick was headed into his own net by James Hill under pressure from Maguire at the far post.
Then, with 12 minutes remaining, Maguire, who had been included hours earlier in Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup friendlies against Uruguay and Japan, was given a red card for bringing down Evanilsson in the box.
Bournemouth’s teenage forward Junior Crupi converted the penalty to make it 2-2.
The home side gave their all against the more prominent visitors in a desperate last-ditch push, but were unable to get a winner. Instead, it was the Cherries’ fifth straight draw, extending their unbeaten run to 11 games.
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola said: “I’m happy with the performance. Whenever we play against United it’s a reasonable point.” “But overall, this is the fifth draw in a row. This doesn’t really affect the standings. We were probably looking for a win, especially at the end.”
Bournemouth were 10th.
United remained in third place, six points behind Manchester City, but captain Fernandes was disappointed not to take all three points.
“We were there twice before and we let it go,” he said.
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