Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim chatting with BBC’s Match of the Day: “Unusual sport. We knew it might be a unique sport to Newcastle. We would have liked extra creativeness immediately to create possibilities. We struggled within the first half attempting to steal the ball. They put plenty of males within the midfield. We tried, however the high quality was not there. We have to get better to the following one.”
On lacking gamers: “Not utilizing something as an excuse. We tried to place two strikers in after which conceded from a set piece. At present was not our day.”
Commercial
On conceding simply earlier than the break: “We have to work on that as a result of it isn’t the primary time. The fluidity of the sport was not there. We tried.
“We tried to overload one facet, however within the Premier League you want one v one, and also you want that, and we did not have it immediately.
“We do not have the blokes that play exterior – we tried to overload the center, however immediately was not our day.
“Even towards Everton, it was three factors misplaced, West Ham was two factors misplaced. At all times irritating. Soccer is like that. In the event you deal with the efficiency, we struggled immediately.”
Do you know?
Manchester United have now drawn 5 of their final seven Premier League matches after they’ve scored first (W2) and have received simply 52% of video games beneath Ruben Amorim when going 1-0 up (11/21).
Joshua Zirkzee ended a run of 15 residence Premier League appearances and not using a objective for Manchester United – he netted his first at Previous Trafford since scoring a brace towards Everton in December 2024.