Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester United: Marcus Rashford to the rescue as late goal completes dramatic comeback against impressive Cherries

                                                                  Manchester United. Impersonate a relegation team for half-an-hour and then play the second half like champions.

Following on from great comebacks against Newcastle and Chelsea, Jose Mourinho’s were at it again on the south coast. Over-run by Bournemouth from the opening whistle, Mourinho admitted to Eddie Howe afterwards United should have been 5-1 down at interval.

Instead, they were level with Anthony Martial equalising against the run of play following Callum Wilson’s opener, and in the second period United were rampant long before substitute Marcus Rashford settled the game in injury-time. ‘But the good thing is that this team has a face of fantastic character, and the result of games is never over.’

Victory hauls United level on points with their hosts, and while that is an absolute minimum requirement for a club of that size, they are picking up results despite some disastrous starts.

Mourinho started with a different centre-forward for the third game in a row. With Romelu Lukaku back in Manchester as an injury precaution for the Champions League and Rashford temporarily demoted, the recalled Alexis Sanchez started as a No9.

Not that the Chilean saw much of the ball for the opening 30 minutes.