Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim believes his side are finally beginning to blossom, following an impressive 4-1 win over Bournemouth in a pre-season friendly here on Wednesday.

Amid torrential rainfall and heavy winds, the Red Devils appeared unperturbed with Rasmus Hojlund (8th minute), Patrick Dorgu (25th min), Amad Diallo (53rd min) and teenager Ethan Williams (72nd min) all getting onto the scoresheet. Only an 88th minute own-goal by Matthijs de Ligt, ruined their opportunity to bag a clean sheet.

Another encouraging sign was the fact that the result was achieved despite Amorim rolling out a side featuring six changes to the starting line-up that beat West Ham 2-1 last week.