Ruben Amorim relied on a productive discussion with Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe after Thursday’s win against Southampton. In what marked Ratcliffe’s first attack at Old Trafford under Amorim since November 11, United won an impressive victory opposite the lowest club in the Premier League.
Despite trailing in the 81st minute, a stunning 12-minute hat-trick from Amad turned the tide, handing the Red Devils their maiden victory in normal time in over four weeks.
Ratcliffe had attended the United Triumph against Manchester City on December 15, but was absent in the team’s six games without a clear victory.
After the final whistle, Amorim admitted that Amad’s late heroics saved him from an awkward exchange with the club’s billionaire co-owner.
“Yes, I had five minutes with him to communicate about other things. About the game, it wasn’t a game yet, the result helped the conversation!”
Amorim once demanded patience from frustrated enthusiasts who couldn’t what they were witnessing for the vast majority of the party.
He added: “So we continue to do our job. It’s a tricky moment. But today it was more vital the victory.
“I know the fans want to see much better football than this, I want to see so much better football than this but we need time. To win time we need to win games. We did that today but not in a good fashion.
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“I think it’s not panic. In the first half, we were too late to every ball and we try to press a little bit high.
“We like that, Mateus [Fernandes] between the lines, [Tyler] Dibling between the lines, [Kamaldeen] sulemana with the rhythm.
“And is a different game from Liverpool and Arsenal. We have to stretch the team more, we leave Leny [Yoro] one against one, more spaces to cover, and we suffer more.
“Is not panic, we need and I need to understand again why we suffer in these kind of games and not in the big games where we are more compact, more near the ball and win the ball.
“I look at all things. This match was not for lack of effort. They check it, but [Manuel] Ugarte was tired from the first minute and you felt it when he ran to get the ball and won it, all that. “thing. “
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Amorim hooked Kobbie Mainoo in part time and Manuel Ugar in a while after the duo was swarmed by Southampton in the center of the field.
The Portuguese coach warned that Ugarte, in particular, is as mentally tired as physically after two gigantic performances against Liverpool and Arsenal.
“I don’t know, I have to improve the training, the recovery of the players, but those two games were very difficult for the team. Sometimes we are tired not only the frame is still in the mind,” continued Amorimarray
“But this is a different game and we have to press more, the space is bigger, we are uncomfortable in the game, and then if we don’t manage the ball for so long we suffer and we feel it in the first half.
“Southampton went three-on-three in defense and we lost the duels. So I’ll watch the game, I’ll watch the game and I’ll watch the team improve. “
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