Man United’s wild night and why Bruno feels ‘hurt’
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Another week of chaos at Manchester United, what’s new?
Bournemouth came from behind three times to draw 4-4 with Ruben Amorim’s side in the game of the season so far at Old Trafford.
Carl Anka and Adam Crafton join Ayo Akinwolere to chat about Monday night’s dramatic match.
The panel also tackle a ‘hurt’ Bruno Fernandes’ comments, the captain claimed the club 'wanted me to go' in the summer.
Plus, the Athletic’s Tottenham correspondent Jack Pitt-Brooke drops in to chat about the security of Thomas Frank’s position at the club after a 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest on the weekend.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
Guests: Carl Anka, Adam Crafton,Jack Pitt-Brooke
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Producers: Mike Stavrou, Nick Thomson
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayur Akimilari. |
| 0:09.2 | Bournemouth came from behind three times to draw 4-4 with Manchester United in the game of the season so far at Old Trafford. |
| 0:16.7 | So what do more drop points at home mean for Amarin? |
| 0:20.2 | And have we seen signs he will finally change formation? |
| 0:26.9 | All right, in with us for today. |
| 0:28.7 | We've got Adam Crafton. |
| 0:30.1 | We've also got Carl Anker as well. |
| 0:33.0 | That's going to break. |
| 0:34.1 | Oh, wow. |
| 0:35.2 | Two months this game. |
| 0:36.8 | Crope! |
| 0:54.5 | And a celebration to match the scoreline. Bournemouth keep on battling. Carl, you're at Old Trafford. You witnessed that eight-gold thriller. Amrin said after the match, it was a fun game for everyone at home. Was it a fun game for you? How do you even rationalise what we all saw? |
| 1:01.0 | How do I rationalise it? That's what happens when you see two teams with two teams that we can politely say skip leg day. Okay. So if you look at the best attack, the best qualities of |
| 1:08.7 | both sides, attackers, Bournemouth with Anton Semenio, Manchester United with Brian and Bumo and Bruno Fernandos. These are players that are strongest when they are playing quickly, when they are running against unstructured defences and when they've got the ball at their feet and the running pace, which means the game for both teams has to be played quickly which means eventually you get the last 15 minutes at Old Traffel where the ball is just going ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, and midfield is more of a casual suggestion than a sort of tactical requirement. Ruben Amherman said it was a lot of fun if you watch you on TV. |
| 1:45.1 | I think that's him going, I did not like it. |
| 1:49.3 | Iraola said that he enjoyed it. |
| 1:51.6 | He said, yes, okay, it's only one point, but he said he does enjoy it. |
| 1:54.9 | And he believed that a four-four is a little bit more enjoyable than a nil-nil, |
| 1:59.1 | which brought a smile to my face in the press conference room. |
| 2:03.1 | But honestly, anyone who finished their matchpiece yesterday without using the cliche football, bloody hell, chapeau, because at full-time, all I could really think was bloody hell. |
| 2:18.7 | Should have seen the little WhatsApp group we had going. |
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