Manchester United defender Chris Smalling admits victory at Bournemouth saw their worst half of the season.

After the opening 45 minutes the scores were locked at 1-1, though the hosts should've been well ahead.

Smalling conceded: "No matter how bad that first half was, that second half we all believed we could go and win. The first half I thought was probably our worst first half of the season. I thought we were all miles off it.

"In the last few years I think we have been known for shutting up shop and not conceding many goals, so this season has been very unusual to what I have experienced.

"It's often coming down to fine margins - who can give that added burst in the last five minutes. We're going to win a lot of points that way."

"We know we're going into a very tough week now, but we can come out with some good results. And it can be seen as a good month, considering it was probably one of our toughest months," Smalling added.

"We need to take the second-half performance we had against Juventus at home and do that from the off, and we'll give them a good game."