Manchester United tightened their grip on a top-four spot with a comfortable 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.
Goals either side of half-time from Casemiro, Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford secured a fourth successive league win for the Reds, moving them level on points with third-placed Newcastle United and five clear of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur. The Reds, although they had David de Gea to thank in the second half for preserving their clean sheet, were dominant from the first whistle, ensuring they made an emphatic start to 2023.
As well as the victory moving them level on points with Newcastle, it also moved them to within a point of cross-city rivals Manchester City. City, however, will reopen a four-point gap if they beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday evening.
