Amorim's touchline attitude shows which players he has given up on after Bournemouth defeat

Several Manchester United supporters began streaming toward the exits in the 64th minute after the ball flew past Andre Onana for the third time.

They had seen it all before—just over a year ago.

United's ongoing decline has become so familiar that Bournemouth leading 3-0 at Old Trafford barely raised eyebrows.

The same scoreline occurred last December, but this time Bournemouth reached the tally 14 minutes quicker. Their fans began chanting, “You’re f***g st,” and there was no protest from United supporters.

Ruben Amorim’s tenure has hit rock bottom just five weeks after his debut in the dugout.

The full-time boos drowned out the faint chant of “Amorim’s red and white army” from the Stretford End, which quickly gave way to derisive cries of, “You’re going down with the Scummers,” referencing bottom-placed Southampton, and later, “You’re going down with the City.”

United sit perilously close to the relegation zone after losing three of their last four Premier League matches and seven overall this season.

They will spend Christmas in the bottom half of the table for the first time since 1989, languishing in 13th place, a position that reflects their dismal form.

Bournemouth and Brighton, both victors over United this season, are no longer merely peers but models of effective club management.

Andoni Iraola’s inspired leadership has turned Bournemouth into serious European contenders.

By contrast, Amorim’s tactics have exacerbated United’s problems, including fielding full-backs like Tyrell Malacia, Noussair Mazraoui, and Diogo Dalot as wingers—players ill-equipped to support strikers effectively.

Amorim's lack of faith in Joshua Zirkzee was evident as the forward was substituted after losing yet another aerial duel.

Rashford’s exclusion was similarly telegraphed in Amorim’s program notes, where he emphasized teamwork: “We have to work as one.”

Rashford, dressed in a club tracksuit, spent pre-match signing autographs for mascots rather than sitting in the directors’ box with other sidelined players like Tom Heaton and Luke Shaw.

Amorim, wrapped in a club-issued coat, grew visibly frustrated on the touchline.

His anger was directed at Mazraoui for positional lapses, Kobbie Mainoo for lateral passing, and Malacia for squandering possession. Malacia was hooked at halftime, his third such substitution in four starts since recovering from injury.

Mazraoui’s move to the wing didn’t help matters. His poorly judged challenge on Justin Kluivert led to a penalty, which Kluivert—recently scoring a penalty hat-trick against Wolves—coolly converted.

Meanwhile, United’s set-piece vulnerability reared its head again. Dean Huijsen capitalized on lax marking to head home Bournemouth’s second goal from a rudimentary free-kick routine, United’s seventh Premier League goal conceded from a set piece this season.

Onana’s indecision with the ball drew ire from the home crowd, mirroring United’s lackluster performance despite brief flashes of promise against Manchester City and Tottenham.

Zirkzee’s ineffectiveness culminated in his substitution for Rasmus Højlund, but neither Højlund nor Alejandro Garnacho could convert their chances.

With the game slipping away, fans began leaving in droves. Bournemouth supporters, emboldened, taunted, “We want four,” as United’s dire season plunged further into despair.