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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire was shown a reddish paper for conceding the punishment that led to Bournemouth grabbing a 2-2 Premier League gully astatine the Vitality Stadium connected Friday (March 20, 2026), the location side doubly coming from down to unafraid a point.
Maguire, recalled to the England squad earlier successful the day, went from leader to villain aft forcing Bournemouth’s James Hill into an ain goal, only to concede a spot-kick that ended up costing his broadside 2 points.
Both sides had chances successful the archetypal fractional but neither could find the backmost of the net, with United goalkeeper Senne Lammens and Djordje Petrovic of Bournemouth pulling disconnected respective good saves.
With abstraction astatine a premium aboriginal successful the 2nd half, Alejandro Jimenez opened the doorway for United by pulling the garment of Matheus Cunha to concede a punishment , and skipper Bruno Fernandes converted to springiness the visitors the lead successful the 61st minute.
Ryan Christie equalised six minutes later, however, squeezing a well-placed changeable beyond the scope of Lammens.
Fernandes played his portion arsenic United took the pb again, swinging successful a country that glanced disconnected Hill and into his ain nett nether unit from Maguire astatine the backmost station successful the 71st minute.
Seven minutes later Maguire was sent disconnected for an impulsive tug connected the garment of Evanilson, and teenaged substitute Junior Kroupi confidently fired location the spot-kick.
The visitors had to bent connected done much than 10 minutes of stoppage clip for a gully that near them 3rd successful the table connected 55 points, 15 down leaders Arsenal and six adrift of Manchester City. Bournemouth are 10th connected 42 points.
