Bruno Fernandes blasted Manchester United’s lack of consistency after Saturday’s humiliating 3-0 loss against Bournemouth.

United have struggled with consistency all season and they suffered another major setback against Bournemouth, who took the lead in just the fifth minute after a brilliantly taken goal from Dominic Solanke.

Bournemouth were happy to defend after opening the scoring, but United failed to create any meaningful chances and Anthony Martial was replaced by Rasmus Hojlund shortly after half-time.

Although United picked up the tempo for the second half, Bournemouth scored twice in quick succession after the hour mark and they were denied a fourth goal in injury time when VAR intervened.

The result was Bournemouth’s first win at Old Trafford and United have now lost 18 games in all competitions in 2023, their highest total in a calendar year since 1989.

visibly disappointed Fernandes was the United player to address the media after the game and he said: “We lacked many things and that’s why we don’t get the result today.

“Everything was lower than the levels in the game before and that’s why when you play teams like Bournemouth, who are really aggressive and on the front foot, they press you, and you think it’s going to be easy, you get these kind of results.

“Everything was underperforming. Creativity, movement and arriving with bodies into the box. Most of the time we arrived with one or two players, but in the last game we had more getting in the box to score a goal.

“Today, it was, as I said, underperforming. We just lack consistency and that’s a big part of football. It’s really important to be consistent every game and we’re not being.”