Bournemouth vs. Manchester United: Score and Reaction from 2016 EPL Match

Jose Mourinho’s Premier League debut for Manchester United couldn’t have gone much better.

Behind goals from Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic, United opened their 2016-17 Premier League campaign with a 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday. Adam Smith scored the lone goal for Bournemouth.

The win had Mourinho’s stamp all over it, per football pundit and former player Gary Lineker:

Manchester United, already a very Mourinho looking side. Organised, patient, players knowing their jobs, effective….and winning.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 14, 2016

WhoScored.com provided the game’s critical statistics:

Bournemouth 1-3 Manchester United FT: Shots(OT) 9(3) – 11(7), Possession 47% – 53%, Rating 6.33 – 7.06 #BOUMUN https://t.co/nUkWqVOXTY

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) August 14, 2016

Manchester United were the stronger side in the first half. But it was a Bournemouth blunder that led to the game’s first goal.

Simon Francis played a poor back pass to goalkeeper Artur Boruc in the 40th minute, allowing Mata to get a shot on goal. A sliding Boruc made the save, but the ball bounced off the leg of Francis and found its way back to Mata, who simply slid home the game’s first goal into the wide-open net.

Mata’s goal came after Mourinho didn’t exactly offer the Spaniard a vote of confidence in the Community Shield, when he brought on the Spanish midfielder in the second half as a substitute against Leicester City, only to take him off again in …

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