Manchester United legend lavishes praise on Ruben Amorim for ‘doing the right thing’ against Bournemouth

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has heaped praise on Ruben Amorim for ‘doing the right thing’ during Monday’s 4-4 draw with Bournemouth .

United were leading 2-1 at half-time after goals from Amad Diallo and Casemiro , but the momentum shifted the other way when Evanilson and Marcus Tavernier struck inside the opening seven minutes of the second-half.

Bruno Fernandes and Matheus Cunha scored to put the hosts on the brink of victory before Eli Junior Kroupi made it 4-4 to salvage a draw for the Cherries.

It was a thrilling encounter for fans and neutrals alike, and that’s something that Neville praised both teams for.

“It was a stunning watch – more for a neutral maybe, but even for me,” he said on The Gary Neville podcast . “I was really critical after the Everton and West Ham games because of just the nature of the performance – I thought it was really bland, the Everton one where obviously he kept three at the back and against one – they were down to 10 men; there was no urgency, they weren’t throwing the kitchen sink at it. Same against West Ham, they let large parts of the game drift.

“It was the complete and utter opposite tonight, I can live with that all day long in terms of the performance and the standard because they played with real intent. Played the ball forwards, always played at full pace.

“We’ll come onto the mistakes shortly, but I just feel that the way in which, also when United went 3-2 down, and Ruben Amorim then went to 4-4-2 and did the right thing. Forget the system, he did the right thing and he got the right players on the pitch and looked a massive threat.”

United came into Monday’s fixture on the back of an excellent 4-1 triumph over Wolverhampton Wanderers .

But they failed to build on that success, playing out a thrilling 4-4 draw with Bournemouth.

The Red Devils were without key defenders Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire due to injury issues.

Amorim started Leny Yoro, Ayden Heaven and Luke Shaw in a back three, but the trio endured a difficult game.

Yoro struggled defensively and was rightly substituted in the second-half.

Heaven should have done more in preventing the goals from Evanilson and Kroupi.

Meanwhile, Shaw lost possession in the build-up to the first Bournemouth goal and moved back to left-back in a back four during the second-half.

The three players will look to produce a better display when United face Aston Villa on the road next weekend, but it is uncertain Amorim will feature them again.