Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a second-half penalty saved as Manchester United were held 1-1 by Bournemouth and missed the opportunity to move ahead of Liverpool and into fifth in a feisty game at Old Trafford.
United missed a host of chances but made the breakthrough after 23 minutes when Antonio Valencia’s low strike was stabbed in by Marcos Rojo to secure a deserved lead.
Bournemouth’s Andrew Surman clattered Luke Shaw to pick up a yellow card — but on 38 minutes his side were level when Phil Jones fouled Marc Pugh to concede a penalty that was slammed home by Josh King.
An exciting first half had ended in controversy when Tyrone Mings slid in on Rooney and then stamped on Ibrahimovic, who elbowed the defender in the face at a corner seconds later.
Both avoided red cards from referee Kevin Friend, but instead a second yellow card was shown to Surman for what appeared to be a shove in the middle of a melee. United, though, were unable to make them pay as Artur Boruc thwarted Ibrahimovic.
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