manchester united crumble at old trafford — bournemouth come away with a convincing win to stun erik ten hag's we apologise for not giving a performance at the result we wanted. now it's looking forward. liverpool go top for the time being, after coming from behind to beat crystal palace. and slade to the rescue for exeter, who score a famous late win to beat toulon on the opening weekend of european champions cup. also coming up on sportsday. a series victory for england's women in india, who seal a clinical win with another excellent bowling display. hello there and welcome along to sportsday this saturday, and after being named manager of the month for november, erik ten hag and his manchester united were brought crashing back down to earth at old trafford this afternoon, delivered a shock by bournemouth, who came away with a stunning 3—0 win. dominic solanke got the visitors off to the best possible start, with the opener after less than five minutes. headers from philip billing and marcos senesi in the space of five second—half minutes completed the victory. bournemouth could have even ha

but not now, as the players are backing erik ten hag.ted are gearing up for their champions league clash with bayern munich, a match they must win to have any hope of reaching the knockout stages of the competition. ten hag dismissed widely reported suggestions last week that he had a split dressing room. his team were booed off having lost 3—0 at home to bournemouth on saturday and their manager says their inconsistency is down to chopping and changing the team, something they didn't have to do last season. we had a regular team, not many changes. i think especially in our back line. for a long time we had a regularformation. and that helps you. you get the routines in. we have to wait for that. until that moment, we have to deal with it. as every team has to deal with it. it is not only us. i am sure when we get back to regular basics, we will play better. we have had many amazing players over time and i feel like we're at the stage where we have big characters in the dressing room where it notjust a case of, like some other managers w

combined with copenhagen's win over galatasaray, it means erik ten hag side don't even have the comfortinto the europa league. they finished bottom of their group. it's a phenomenal run though, to the knockout stages of the champions league for the danish champions. but manchester united's continental stay ends at the earliest possible point. ian dennis was at old trafford on a desperately disappointing night for the hosts. manchester united never looked like scoring, let alone winning for what was a must win game. they looked one—dimensional and predictable. while bayern munich carried a threat and cruise through, shaw's long range effort was their only shot on target. kingsley coman scored the only goal crafted by harry kane, clinically finished 19 minutes from the end. it's the fourth time that an english side has finished bottom of a champions league group as manchester united face the embarrassment of an exit from europe altogether. it was never comfortable. we're never fully comfortable. but i think we deserve to win. we needed a reaction. we got the reaction played with personali

combined with copenhagen's win over galatasaray, it means erik ten hag's side don't even have the comfortthe europa league. they finish bottom of their group. it's a phenomenal run to the knockout stages of the champions league for the danish champions, but manchester united's continental stay ends at the earliest possible point. ian dennis was at old trafford, on a desperately dissapointing night for the hosts. manchester united never looked like scoring let alone winning for what was a must win game. they looked i—dimensional and predictable while buying munich carried a threat and cruised through. short long—range effort was the only shot on target. scoring the only goal drafted by harry kane, clinically finished 19 minutes from the end. never comfortable, never fully never comforta ble, never fully co mforta ble never comfortable, never fully comfortable what we deserve the win. were you needed a reaction, got a reaction can play with personality and good energy and much more aggressive in a very higher level than in the last match. it was one of our best performances in the group sta

erik ten hag wasn't too pleased with what he saw but united were gifted an equaliser when mat turner'sits way to marcus rashford for his third league goal of the season. they were level for just four minutes as morgan gibbs white curled in a fine winner to lift forest up to 15th. their first victory over manchester united in 15 years. their first victory over manchester united in 15 years. united stay 7th. in the early game, chelsea survived a late fight back from luton town to win 3—2 at kennilworth road. mauricio pochettino's side were 3—0 up after 70 minutes, before the hosts scored two goals in the last ten minutes to make for a lively finish. asjo currie now reports. a throwback venue for a clash with current day implications. luton attempting to claw their way out of the bottom three, chelsea trying to scrap their way towards the top six. it was a horrible start to the home side as chelsea were gifted their opener. a clearance hit straight to cole palmer, the 21—year—old unleashed a fine finish to take the lead. luton were undone again due to hesistant defending and a cracking fi

the manchester united manager erik ten hag says the club is moving in the right direction and deniedts that he has lost the dressing room. united are at home to chelsea on wednesday night, lost to newcastle on sunday, and are struggling to stay in the champions league after drawing to galatasaray last week. four media outlets were barred from attending today's scheduled news conference after publishing stories about player unrest without contacting the club for comment. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. we have another relationship and then they can give that to us beforehand. we can have a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always players in every team who are not playing as much and who are less happy, but this is no different to normal. arsenal can stretch their lead to five points at the top of the premier league table with a win at luton this evening. meanwhile burnley will be looking to build on that big win against sheffield united. victory away at wolves would take them out of the releg

erik ten hag's side go into this evening's game off the back of a humbling 3—0 defeat to bournmouth ine plus side, bayern and harry kane lost 5—1 at the weekend in germany. united are bottom of their champions league group after three defeats in five matches, but are the top scorers, and their manager says they can beat anyone, if they're in the "right spirit". i never think in scenarios, a negative scenario. we think positive. so we know what to do, we have to win to stay in europe, so it is all about that. so we will prepare a team with that feeling. with that belief. we are able to do it. and i think we have shown in the last weeks when we are on our best that we can do it. well, on top of their shaky form, united have harry kane to contend with. he's back for his first club match in this country since his move from tottenham to bayern munich. he's scored four goals for them in the champions league this season and 22 overall, in 19 games. his manager now is the former chelsea boss thomas tuchel. i think every fan would think that, they wish for harry kane in theirteam, that is why w

he hasn't spoken to them yet but erik ten hag is convinced manchester united's new co—owners want to deal to buy 25% of the club... and take control of its football operations... on christmas eve. cue a dramatic comeback win over aston villa... and some breathing space or a man prevoiusly troubled by some inconsistent form. united play nottingham forest tomorrow... and that's ten hag's only focus right now. this moment, i don't want to have distractions, but in the coming days, weeks, there will be time for this when i know more. but i think it is a good thing, it's very positive and as i said, we are really looking forward to work together. ineos wants to work with me, with this structure. and i want to work with them. meanwhile friday is an island for the premier league's festive period. the only day between christmas and new year without a game. but fear not. they come back thick and fast tomorrow... and this is the picture at the top of the table after arsenal didn't take their chance to go back above liverpool last night. it's making for a compelling title race. with six points

scott mctominnay, says there's a togetherness in the squad, and they're right behind manager, erik ten haglayers over the time and i feel like now we are at the stage where we have big characters in the dressing room where it's notjust a case of, like some of the other managers, where it has been a little bit toxic at times. the boys are firmly behind the manager and that is the be all and end all and i have said that in many interviews, that is the way it will stay. we have got an amazing start as whale. people can get lost in translation and get carried away with what the players think and what they say behind closed doors but we just want to do well for the football club, simple as that. now, there's a fascinating story developing in spain where the usual football giants are being outshone by a team who've never finished higher than tenth in the top divsion and are only in their fourth season at that level. girona are top of la liga, two points clear of real madrid and seven points ahead of barcelona after beating them 11—2 yesterday. it was girona's first ever league win over their cat

as manchester united ban some media outlets from their news conference, erik ten hag says he hasn't lost dressing room. also coming up on sportsday: no ordinary keepy—uppy — the tricks and flicks that have made this teenager the world's best freestyler. and we meet the volunteer coach and inspiration for children with cerebral palsy. we meet one of this year's unsung hero award winners. thank you for making me an inspiring me to do good for other children. evening. welcome along. england's women are heavy favourites to beat scotland tonight. but even that might not be enough. they are second to the netherlands on goal difference in their nations league group, and if the dutch beat belgium tonight, which they should, then the lionesses would need to beat the scots — who are already relegated from the top tier — by at least four goals. a place in the nations league finals is at stake, but remember england also have the responsibility of trying to secure olympic qualification for team gb. that could also be dashed tonight. we always think in scenarios, what if we try things for a long time

they host high—flying aston villa at old trafford tonight, with the pressure building on erik ten hago come this christmas period. today a drier day with plenty of sunshine for most. a full full cast here on breakfast. hgppy happy christmas. it's boxing day, the 26th of december. our main story. aid agencies have renewed calls for a ceasefire in gaza after the hamas—run health ministry said hundreds were killed in airstrikes over the weekend. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his army will "deepen" its fight against hamas in the coming days.

david moyes heaping yet more pressure on united manager erik ten hag, the win helps west ham leapfrogener on 72 minutes before a great strike from mohammed kudus ensured his side took all three points. united stay eighth for now, with aston villa to come on tuesday. the luton players are wearing shirts in support of him. tottenham hotspur, everton�*s former player mishal husain the scoring against them. —— richarlison scoring against them. the late game is the big one. whoever wins will be top of the premier league at christmas. the leaders arsenal are at liverpool, who are just one point behind them in the table. the londoners haven't won at anfield since 2012, when manager mikel arteta was playing for arsenal. they were 2—0 up last season, before liverpool fought back to get a 2—2 draw. it's arguably the result that led to arsenal falling off in the title race, with manchester city ultimately champions. but arteta believes things can turn out differently this time: yeah, we have done it, in old trafford, we have done it in stamford bridge and many other places that we haven't, that

the pressure continues to grow on manchester united manager erik ten hag after their 14th defeat of the nottingham forest are the latest side to beat them as their new boss nuno espirito santo made it back—to—back wins. morgan gibbs—white scored the winner that made it 2—1 and gave his side their first premier league victory over manchester united in 29 years. 20 league matches and you have lost nine of them, it doesn't make great reading for manchester united fans. no, we know that, it's below our standards but we know the reasons. injanuary our players will return, we are looking forward to that, and then i think our squad and our team will be stronger. champions manchester city moved up to third and within two points of the leaders liverpool — goals from rodri and julian alvarez giving them a 2—0 win at home to sheffield united, who are still bottom of the table. we havejust summarised how is the season so far, with a lot of problems we had with injuries, with important players. so we won two titles, important ones, european super cup and world champion. it is prestigious to all of u

manchester united are a long way off being title contenders, manager erik ten hag says his team haveer they lost 2—0 at west ham that's back to back wins for the hammers and they are up to sixth in the table, moving above united. jarrod bowen scored the opener, his thirteenth of the season, inside the final 20 minutes and mohammed kudus sealed the win with a great strike shortly afterwards. that's an 8th league defeat for united, they stay 8th and are 12 points off the top of the table. rebecca welch has become the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match she was in the middle for the match at craven cottage between fulham and burnley. burnley won 2—0 to move off the bottom of the table tottenham are back into the top four after beating everton 2—1 at home. spurs were two up inside the first 20 minutes with goals from richarlison and son. andre gomes pulled one back for everton late on and spurs were hanging on at the end with guigelmo vicario pulling off an extraordinary save on the line. nuno espirito santo's first game in charge of nottingham forest ended in a

the pressure continues to grow on manchester united manager erik ten hag after their 14th defeat of thetingham forest are the latest side to beat them as their new boss nuno espirito santo made it back to back wins. morgan gibbs—white scored the winner that made it 2—1 and gave his side their first premier league victory over manchester united in 29 years. 20 league matches and you have lost nine of them, it doesn't make great reading for manchester united fans. no, we know that, it's below our standards but we know the reasons. injanuary our players will return, we are looking forward to that, and then i think our squad and our team will be stronger. two games on sunday, arsenal will go back to the top of the table with a win at fulham and tottenham can move within a point of the top four if they beat bournemouth. after a flying start to the season, spurs have slipped back with a squad stretched through injuries and suspensions. its not through lack of effort that we are not sort of... you know, consistently playing the football that we want to. it is just that we are asking it off too

manchester united manager erik ten hag insists his squad are "together" — and denied reports of a dressing by excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference earlier after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag, or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back.

manchester united manager erik ten hag says his squad are "together", dimissing suggestions he has ait dressing room. united are seventh in the premier league and bottom of their champions league group. adding to the mix, the club took the unusual step of excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference on wednesday after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. i think we have another relationship and they can give that to us beforehand. we have a normal and a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always, in every team, players who are less playing, less happy, but this is no different as normal. we have seen our first premier league sacking of the season. we've had the first premier league sacking of the season with strugglers sheffield united dismissing paul heckingbottom and immediately replacing him with their former manager chris wilder. wilder returns to the ro

manchester united's manager erik ten hag says he's confident he'll have a strong working relationshipristmas eve, prompting speculation about the manager's future. ten hag hasn't spoken to those new investors yet, but he says he's looking forward to the new era. this woman, i don't want to have distractions, —— this moment, but in the coming days, weeks, there will be time for this when i know more. but i think it is a good thing, it's very positive and as i said, we are really looking forward to work together. many of us wants to work with me, with this structure. and i want to work with them. —— ineos. australia's cricketers have sealed a series win over pakistan. they've beaten the tourists by 79 runs in melbourne, with captain pat cummins finishing with ten wickets in the match. he helped bowl pakistan out for 237 in their second innings as they chased 317 for victory. pakistan had looked well set to get close to that target, at 219—5 at one stage, but they then lost wickets quickly. so australia take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series with the third test starting

i don't follow united closely enough, but i saw that erik ten hag was manager of the month last monthand it.— understand it. everyone is highly motivated when _ understand it. everyone is highly motivated when you _ understand it. everyone is highly motivated when you go - understand it. everyone is highly motivated when you go to - understand it. everyone is highly i motivated when you go to anfield. it's a _ motivated when you go to anfield. it's a great — motivated when you go to anfield. it's a great place to go and you know_ it's a great place to go and you know it's — it's a great place to go and you know it's going to be tough. every top footballer wants to have the challenge. so you have to look forward _ before that, arsenal could go back to the top of the premier league table when they take on brighton. but if they fail to win, aston villa could go top instead if they beat brentford. you can get the latest team news from all those games on the bbc sport website now. the champions manchester city are putting the league behind them for now, though. they've landed injeddah afte

in the starting lineup marcus rashford was named in the starting lineup against aston villa by erik ten hagg represented by ineos director of sport sir dave brailsford. it�*s currently 0—0. 17 minutes gone. liverpool have moved to the top of the premier league for at least the next 48 hours after they overcame burnley 2—0 at turf moor. darwin nunez put liverpool ahead in the first half — his first goal in nine league matches — before diogojota sealed the win with a late strike after coming off the bench as a substitute, his 50th for the club in all competitions. burnley failed to register a single on target for the first shot on target for the first time since february 2021. the fourth game in ten games, after the game we cannot expect a top level, we have to get through this and we went through this, scored a wonderfulfirst goal, could have scored many more, burnley could have scored many more, burnley could have scored an equaliser, the chances they had were much too big. for us, it is important we won the game and nobody got injured, that is the main information and for the moment it loo

i think erik ten hag is not the manager to take united into the future.nce of the players. and united are playing dreadful football, the players. and united are playing dreadfulfootball, not dreadful football, not in the players. and united are playing dreadful football, not in terms of results but they've lost 13 times this season but a record not achieved since 1930 and the football is dreadful, there's no goals, no entertainment, there is no buccaneering, none of the traditional united. i hope that radcliffe will make that his priority, to sort out the management of united and develop a long—term leadership plan. i mean, he's good at doing that in his normal businesses. his record, though, in sport and football is a bit patchy. that's the worry of a lot of fans, he's good at his chemicals business. nice, his football club, are second in the french league but until now, things he's been in, cycling, sailing in formula 1, haven't actually done that well. 25%, that is his stake. _ actually done that well. 25%, that is his stake, but _ actually done that w

them move back imnto second, above aston villa on goal difference the manchester united manager erik ten hagtogether" after another defeat. they lost 2—0 at west ham and it's nowjust one win in five premier league matches in december. that's back to back wins for the hammers and they are up to sixth in the table, moving above united. jarrod bowen scored the opener, his thirteenth of the season, inside the final 20 minutes and mohammed kudus sealed the win with a great strike shortly afterwards. that's an 8th league defeat for united, they stay 8th and are 12 points off the top of the table. i think ithinka i think a decent 72 minutes where we didn't take our chances. we should have gone into the lead but we didn't but one moment of switching off... i think the team played over a long period a good game but the game is over 96 minutes, today, and you have to keep the focus and you have to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had — to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had to _ to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had to juggle - to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had to juggle i

manager erik ten hag hopes they'll start seeing more goals from the danish striker, whojoined in summerfor 0n the highest level — the champions league — he's scored five so that is demonstrated ability. so then you know you can also do it at any level. premier league is close to champions league so it will come, but it will give him confidence. and when strikers have confidence, they will score more. three more games to come today in the premier league including manchester city's return to league action. city won the club world club before christmas, and later play everton as they look to close the gap on leaders liverpool. they're currently eight points behind them, with two games in hand. pep guardiola's side became the first english club to win five trophies in a calendar year, but the manager is keen for them to try to emulate last season's success. the most difficult time is to win and once we are here, we have to perform well. yes, really pleased. i had the feeling we would close the chapter. we won already other titles, some of them in a row. so, there's nothing else to win. i have

they host high—flying aston villa at old trafford tonight, with the pressure building on erik ten haghere may be more wet and windy weather to come this christmas period. today a drier day with plenty of sunshine for most. a full full cast here on breakfast. hgppy happy christmas. it's boxing day, the 26th of december. our main story. aid agencies have renewed calls for a ceasefire in gaza after the hamas—run health ministry said hundreds were killed in airstrikes over the weekend. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his army will "deepen" its fight against hamas in the coming days. meghan owen reports. there's a constant stream of casualties entering the al—aqsa hospital in gaza. with no fuel, no water and minimal supplies, it's overloaded. ijust left the resuscitation room where a nine—year—old boy named ahmed was being treated basically with sedation to ease his suffering as he dies. he was crossing the street in front of the shelter where his family is staying, when the building beside him blew up. we're seeing kids like ahmed dying unnecessarily because of bombing and

manchester united crumble at old trafford — bournemouth come away with a convincing win to stun erik ten hag's

manchester united manager erik ten hag says his squad are "together" dismissing suggestions he has a. united are seventh in the premier league and bottom of their champions league group. adding to the mix — the club took the unusual step of excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference on tuesday after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag, or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. i think we have another relationship and they can give that to us beforehand. we have a normal and a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always, in every team, players who are less playing, less happy, but this is no different as normal. we've had the first premier league sacking of the season with strugglers sheffield united dismissing paul heckingbottom and immediately replacing him with theirformer manager chris wilder. united are bottom of the table and four points from safety after losing 11 of their opening 1a games.

so much at stake for erik ten hag's squad in a season littered with inconsistency. patrick geary has more. eight is built, miserable day for manchester united. flat eight is built, miserable day for manchester united.— eight is built, miserable day for manchester united. not one of them were fit to wear _ manchester united. not one of them were fit to wear the _ manchester united. not one of them were fit to wear the shirt. _ manchester united. not one of them were fit to wear the shirt. there - manchester united. not one of them were fit to wear the shirt. there is i were fit to wear the shirt. there is a disconcerting — were fit to wear the shirt. there is a disconcerting echo _ were fit to wear the shirt. there is a disconcerting echo around - a disconcerting echo around manchester united, repetitive but un—ignorable. now in the champions league things are coming to a head. even victory against bayern munich might not be enough to keep them in it. we might not be enough to keep them in it. ~ ~' might not be enough to keep them in it. ~ ~ _,, might not be enough t

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phenomenal, unstoppable and they played such kick off there 8:15pm, as it is at old trafford, where erik ten hag's lost three of their last five premier league games at home, and the pressure told this week with the club banning four media organisations from their press conference yesterday, claiming they hadn't been given right of reply to negative stories. united have dropped to seventh in the table — but still three places above tonight's opponents. the united boss backs himself to turn things around. there will always be tough times. but we are in the right direction. and i know we will get there, where we want to be. of course, see my record. everywhere i was in every season, i got my targets. so if we stick together, we stick to the plan, we will get there where we want to be. i plan, we will get there where we want to be-_ want to be. i will say this is a good moment _ want to be. i will say this is a good moment to _ want to be. i will say this is a good moment to be - want to be. i will say this is a good moment to be there. i want to be. i will say this is a l good moment to be there. we