Man United’s mad 4-4 draw: a full breakdown
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Wowsers... what a thrill ride... what a rollercoaster! Do you like rollercoasters? Sure you do.
Ruben Amorim's Manchester United put in one of the best attacking performances since he took charge of the team. The passing and movement of players throughout the team caused real problems for Bournemouth as Mbeumo, Cunha, and of course, Bruno, put them to the sword.
Unfortunately, the formation/system/shape change that nobody had seen coming (bar half our podcast team) had a problematic effect at the other end. Antoine Semenyo got a direct route to goal for the Cherries' (first) equaliser and there were holes in the centre of defence as they levelled again (twice).
But, this was exciting and fun. Cunha's goal, which looked like a winner at the time, could've been the touchpaper for real optimism. It certainly felt like how Manchester United should feel.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:19.0 | This is Talk the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:23.1 | Coming up today, what an absolutely mental evening at Old Trafford. |
| 0:28.0 | Four goals scored, but unfortunately four goals conceded. |
| 0:31.3 | We'll try and relive a manic Monday night and try and make some sense of it if we can. |
| 0:35.8 | We'll try and make sense of the formation as well. |
| 0:37.9 | A formation shift, when is a formation shift, not a formation shift? |
| 0:41.6 | What exactly did Manchester United play? |
| 0:44.2 | What exactly did Laurie Whitwell know about it as well before the game? |
| 0:47.5 | And there's probably 200,000 other things that we need to talk about after that game as well. |
| 0:52.5 | So we do our best to cover as much as we possibly can. |
| 0:55.8 | Here in Manchester, Carl and Lorry are with us. |
| 0:57.9 | Andy is joining us at home as well. |
| 0:59.7 | So hello everyone. |
| 1:00.6 | It's the morning after the night before. |
| 1:02.8 | And Carl, is it possible to sum up that game in a sentence? |
| 1:08.2 | Wow. |
| 1:08.5 | I thought you were going to do all your noises. |
| 1:12.0 | That was the noise. |
| 1:13.7 | Absolutely bedlam, wasn't it? |
| 1:15.2 | I'm going back to my tweet that I posted. |
| 1:18.5 | I think it's the Rorschach test. |
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