Amorim frustrated with 1-0 defeat at Spurs

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim frustrated with 1-0 defeat at Spurs  16/02/2025  Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium

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00:00How do you assess the performance? Were you pleased with the effort but not pleased with the final score?

00:30On the injury players, which ones do you think could be available for next game?

01:00With Kobe, is that a case of months or weeks?

01:18Could anything have been done regarding his injury differently or just in case it was that low?

01:31The feet was sticking in the grass. Some players felt during training sickness.

01:42So is everything. We try everything to have the players fit.

01:47We always talk about my changes, game by game, to try to have the players fit.

01:55I was always asking for one week. In one week, we lost so many players.

02:00Sometimes we have one moment that everything is going wrong.

02:12If you see Shido playing, sometimes every ball lost in the box is very clever.

02:19So I was trying to put one more player. Because I felt the team was good during the game.

02:27I don't feel the need to change. Shido was that player. One long ball could make the difference.

02:36In the first half, you obviously have chances overall. But in the first half, Garnaccio puts it over.

02:41You can see your frustration in the touchline. What's going through you?

02:45You want to score and we want them to score.

02:50Sometimes in these moments, you feel a little bit frustrated because that can change a game.

02:57That's all. But after two seconds, I'm just focused on helping them to play football.

03:03Is it a frustration that you've not been able to make more of the effects?

03:12Of course. Every day. For us, for our fans. But we need to stop focusing on the big picture.

03:20It's not the moment to do that. Just focus on the next game.

03:23Let's do everything to win some games to finish the season and then think in the big picture.

03:30In this moment, it's just to try to stay with the players healthy.

03:35To recover some players and focus on what we have to do in the next game.

03:40That is our goal.

03:42Just on that, how do you view this season? Do you have to write it off and use it in preparation for the future?

03:51In this moment, it's more than that. The idea, the system.

03:57In this moment, it's like survival. It's to think in the small things.

04:01To improve the small things from this game for the next game.

04:04Not even look at the table, the schedule, nothing of that.

04:08Of course, because we have a lot of games, we have three competitions with a small squad at the moment.

04:15That part is my part. But the players, everyone in character, just focus on the next game, the next training.

04:22That is our goal.

04:26Is it a big concern for you that you are losing some really key players in the important part of the season?

04:32It felt like with Mount and Shaw coming back, you were on the cusp of having players back.

04:38Suddenly, it seems you've had a huge back-to-step.

04:40Of course, if you look in the...

04:43Even with the problem that we had with Luke, you look at the squad.

04:51In the beginning of this week, we had time to train.

04:54Then, day by day, we are losing players.

04:56But I don't want to use that as an excuse.

05:00Every coach in the world now is suffering with that.

05:04Sometimes, in these moments, everything goes wrong.

05:07We have to face the challenge and focus on the next game.

05:11That's all.

05:12Last question.

05:13I thought Joshua Zirzi was very good today.

05:17What did you make of their performance?

05:19I think Josh is not a clear nine.

05:24He plays more as a ten.

05:27He's stronger physically.

05:30He's thinner.

05:31He's working really hard.

05:33He plays in a better position for him.

05:35He's improving.

05:36He's winning more duels.

05:38He's even faster.

05:40You feel it in the game.

05:41That helps us to make the decision.

05:44And Dorgu.

05:45The way Tottenham press is really high.

05:49Sometimes, you have more time to think than in the other games.

05:54He plays on the left also.

05:56Maybe it will help.

05:58But he has experience to play left and right.

06:01So, Dorgu will improve a lot.

06:03And Josh, the same thing.

06:06Thank you, guys.

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