Reason why 19-year-old winger Alejandro Garnacho was substituted for Amad Diallo Manchester United vs Bournemouth draw match

Alejandro Garnacho started for Man United for the 30th game in a row at Bournemouth in the Premier League, but was taken off at halftime.

Erik ten Hag stated that Alejandro Garnacho’s substitution at halftime against Bournemouth was mostly for tactical reasons because Manchester United was having trouble on the right side of the field.

United was behind Bournemouth 2-1 at halftime, but they gave up 12 shots on goal. Milos Kerkez hit the crossbar, and just before halftime, Justin Kluivert was stopped from scoring a second goal. Garnacho, 19, started his 30th straight United game at the Vitality Stadium, but Ten Hag took him off and put Amad in his place to “fix” United’s right side. Dominic Solanke and Patrick Kluivert both scored goals for Bournemouth after getting the ball in the left lane.

During the first half, Harry Maguire talked to trainer Richard Merron and doctor Jim Moxon, but he played the whole game. Ten Hag also said that Garnacho hadn’t trained for a whole week.

“Harry Maguire had an issue first half and, luckily for us, he overcame and recovered from it,” he said. “You can see that he was up there in the second half. That’s when he can show his leadership, his defensive skills, and rest on the ball, which was very important for this back four.”

“We dropped some balls where we shouldn’t have.” The first goal was set up well, but you should never lose the ball in that area. It’s still not a goal. In the first half, we had trouble guarding on the right side. Between halves, we fixed it.

We fixed it on the right side and took more control of the game in the second half. Harry played better, and we could have won if we had been more cool and collected.

“They played better in the first half.” They had chances, but the good news is that we came back twice from being down. That’s it for now. This team has good spirit, is tough, and showed some grit.

“I believe we had to fix the right side.” The gaps were there because we didn’t play well. We had to bring a sub there when we had it.

“Garnacho didn’t train during the week.” Not long ago. We wanted to give that right-hand side some energy and more quality, quality in the sense of how well people work together.