Amorim on Manchester Utd's 1-1 draw with Arsenal

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Amorim on Manchester Utd's 1-1 draw with Arsenal  09/03/2025  Old Trafford, Manchester, UK

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00:00In your TV interview you said in the future you don't want your team to play like that.

00:14Most people would have thought that that today was a lot better than a lot of other performances.

00:20Could you just explain?

00:22It's just the love-lock. It's just the way to give the ball to the opponent.

00:26It's just that. The spirit to follow the plan, to be together, that is a good thing.

00:32This is an example for the future.

00:35I'm just saying the love-lock.

00:37You can feel it a little bit, the frustration of our fans in the first half.

00:41Could you explain what it is that you want different?

00:46Do you want to start your team further up the pitch?

00:49As I say, I think most fans would have thought they could play like that.

00:53No, I think the plan was perfect.

00:57What I mean is that we have to have more possession of the ball, more control of the ball,

01:02to press a little bit high.

01:04We press sometimes, especially in the goal kicks, on the free kicks near the goal.

01:11We press quite well.

01:13But in the future I want to play a different football to spend more time attacking with the ball

01:18in the last third than defending in the love-lock.

01:21That's all.

01:22The rest I think is an example.

01:24People appreciate the effort of the players.

01:27Ruben, it seems that the best performances on you so far have come against the likes of Arsenal,

01:33Liverpool, Man City.

01:35Is that a problem?

01:36What does that say about your team?

01:38They do that, they don't do it against, so it's a problem.

01:41I don't know.

01:43Maybe in those games it's a little bit more acceptable to play in the love-lock.

01:49And that can help us a lot.

01:51Against other teams we have to push forward.

01:54That's why it's difficult here.

01:56Sometimes you have to press high, it's more difficult.

02:01Sometimes the characteristics of the players are not there to do that.

02:04But when you train and you play in the club like ours,

02:09sometimes you have to push forward no matter what.

02:12And I think that is the biggest reason for that to happen.

02:18Ruben, were you more pleased with the tight turnaround between the games

02:23and that you only made two changes with the lack of players for those injuries?

02:28You are asking why I did that?

02:31Were you particularly pleased with the tight turnaround and you couldn't rotate too much in the game?

02:36I think I was really pleased.

02:38If you see also the game, we controlled the first minutes without the ball.

02:44We scored near the half-time.

02:47That helped us a lot in the end.

02:49In the second half we had more space and more energy also because of the results in our fans

02:55to score another goal.

02:58So if I look at the performance, I'm quite pleased even with all the problems.

03:03Would you expect to have some players back for the second half?

03:07Maybe Ugart. I don't know. We'll see.

03:12Can I just ask you about the quality of Ruben Fernandes?

03:15The goal was sensational, wasn't it?

03:18Would he really be planning to step up?

03:20I think he steps up all the time.

03:22Sometimes he can show some frustration in some moments that can hurt him more than anybody.

03:30And I understand that. It's that frustration he wants to win.

03:33But again, he's also always available.

03:36Always there to play in different positions.

03:40And when we need sometimes a goal, a free kick, an assist, he's always there.

03:44So I think he's a very good example.

03:47He does some mistakes. That's normal.

03:50But he's a very good example for the other players.

03:54This time when you said there was more space and more energy in the second half,

03:58how do you make sure the team starts like that in the first half of the game?

04:01Because you are in front of the results.

04:05And then you are in the second half and you feel that you can score.

04:08And when you are in this moment, you don't feel so tired.

04:14I think it's that feeling.

04:16And when you start the game, you know that you have 90 minutes, 75 minutes

04:21when you have to defend, not to suffer a goal and try to score a goal.

04:27So I think it's more a plan.

04:30If you can be inside of the game or on top of the game at halftime,

04:37in the second half we will be more dangerous

04:40and the players feel more confident to play a different football.

04:43Do you think it's a confidence issue?

04:46It depends. I think we believe more during the games

04:51because we feel comfortable, we feel like we can do this.

04:54We are okay and then we are growing in confidence during the game.

04:59Not so much in the beginning, in the beginning we tried to understand

05:03but then during the game I felt that also in Spain.

05:06During the game I think we increased the confidence and the quality of our game.

05:12Bruce, just on Bruno again.

05:15If the club had signed more players with his level of quality,

05:20but not the quality, mentality, ability to play every three days,

05:25do you think the club would have been in quite this position?

05:28And going forward for you, how crucial is it that you bring in players

05:34with that level of quality, with that level of mentality, with that level of ability?

05:39I think any coach when he wants to bring players he expects the best,

05:44but sometimes they have to adapt and sometimes you have luck

05:48with the character of the player or not, even with all the investigation

05:51that all the coaches do before signing players.

05:55What I can say is that we need more Bruno, that is clear.

05:59Not just the quality, the character, not some mistakes,

06:03but the character that he has, the availability in this league is so important

06:08and he is so decisive with the ball and without the ball.

06:12Last question, Richard.

06:13I just wanted to ask about how Genuro is and what do you make of him?

06:18Eden is so relaxed, he seems so relaxed that sometimes he is too relaxed.

06:25But I think we have a player there, so now we have to control

06:29and to tell him that it was just a game, etc.

06:33Lenny has something in his foot, I think we will see if he is available for Thursday.

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