Ruben Amorim loses his rag as AC Milan suffer disaster first half on his return to England at Bournemouth - with his goalkeeper sent off for a shove in the FACE to give away second penalty

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Ruben Amorim went ballistic on the touchline as he suffered a nightmare return to England with AC Milan against Bournemouth in the Europa League.

Ruben Amorim went ballistic on the touchline as he suffered a nightmare return to England with AC Milan against Bournemouth in the Europa League .

The former Manchester United manager was furious that his goalkeeper Mike Maignan was sent off in the first half for pushing Tyler Adams in the face.

Amorim flew off the handle on the sidelines, but had little cause for complain as his side's European middling campaign took a turn for the worse.

And there appeared to be a mix-up on the touchline as he sent on replacement Lorenzo Torriani before bringing anybody off, leading to ridicule.

Bournemouth could hardly have imagined a more generous start to their glamour tie, as Milan gifted them two penalties in a first half of anarchy and farce.

They were already 1-0 up thanks to Justin Kluivert 's penalty when Maignan's head-loss gifted Marcus Tavernier a spot-kick, which he promptly scored.

Maignan hung around for a couple of minutes during a VAR check and left the field reluctantly, giving referee Vassilis Fotias a piece of his mind.

Milan regained their composure to get to half-time only 2-0 down, but Amorim waited by the touchline for the officials, seemingly ready to give them an earful.

Yet when the officials reached him, the Portuguese gaffer seemingly bit his lip and it was unclear if he said a word to them before stalking off.

Amorim has had an average start at AC Milan, who sit fourth in Serie A and had won one and lost one of their Europa League games before travelling to the south coast.

The 41-year-old has stuck by the three-at-the-back system which saw him fail at United but has hinted he could adapt.

While derided for his stubbornness at Old Trafford, he said after a 2-0 defeat by Benfica last month: 'I change all the time, we need to start with a base, we have two months of work.

> .We lost tonight, but we will find the solutions to adapt to these games, because we need to create an idea, but we also need to win, so of course we can adapt,'

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