New coach Ruben Amorim has a tough road ahead to get Manchester United in order, where injured national team defender Victor Nilsson Lindelöf was missing.
After the derby win and the late turnaround against Manchester City last weekend, the mood was at its peak and the future prospects were bright.
Within a few days, the wind turned against them again.
The 3-4 loss to Tottenham in the League Cup quarterfinal on Thursday was followed up by a 0-3 home loss to Bournemouth, now fifth in the table, on Sunday.
And United are 13th in the table.
Bournemouth's 19-year-old successful defender Dean Huijsen nodded in the leading goal in the 29th minute, and within two minutes in the second half, the match was decided.
Justin Kluivert scored 2-0 on a penalty in the 61st minute after being clumsily knocked down by Noussair Mazraoui.
Two minutes later, Antoine Semenyo scored 3-0.
For the third match in a row, Amorim had also chosen to leave star striker Marcus Rashford out of the squad, and more and more indicates that the English national team player is on his way out of the club.
Chelsea had the chance to take the lead in the series for the first time since December 2021 with a win away against Everton.
But the London team only managed 0-0 and has had a tough time at Goodison Park in recent years, with only one win and five losses in eight matches since 2017.
