Amorim reacts to Brentford 4 -3 Manchester United defeat

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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim reacts to Brentford 4 -3 Manchester United defeat  04/05/2025  Gtech Community Stadium, London, UK

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00:00I think it's a little bit a reflection of our season.

00:11We start quite well, controlling the game, not creating big chances, but controlling the pace of the game.

00:17We suffer a lot with throw-ins and set-pieces, but we already knew that our team would struggle against this team.

00:25We didn't have the height that would be necessary for this kind of game.

00:32They scored twice in these kind of moments, even with the mata on the floor.

00:39And then in the second half, I felt that we were near the draw and then we suffer a goal.

00:45And like some other times, we disconnect.

00:48And then another goal, almost three minutes or five minutes later.

00:54And then we pushed forward, tried to score.

00:56We scored twice, but we didn't have the time to do better.

00:59Did you mention the last fight there? Were they tactical or were they planned?

01:04No, it was just Luke Shaw with mata.

01:08We don't know what will happen on Thursday if we don't have Luke Shaw available.

01:14We can have a problem.

01:16And then we don't have enough defenders for the game.

01:20No, no, no, no, no.

01:21What I'm saying is that we have to protect some players at half-time thinking about Thursday.

01:26So it was just that, not about thinking about the game.

01:31I will not comment that.

01:41The important thing is to have mata, I'm not thinking about Thursday.

01:47Not a big issue.

01:48It's the only thing I ask.

01:51It's not to have them available for this game or for whatever is going to happen in the future.

01:57I just don't want a big issue because we had the problem with Licha and with mata.

02:03But I don't know.

02:04I'm just talking.

02:05I have no idea.

02:06It could be training in three days.

02:07I don't know.

02:08How important is it that your young players learn from today?

02:13It's an incredibly young team.

02:15It's really important.

02:18They have to understand this season.

02:22This season is really important also to understand that we cannot do this anymore.

02:26Of course, we know the context, but this kind of season, we need to change that.

02:31They need to understand what is to play for Manchester United.

02:35I think they did really well.

02:37They are not playing so much, but then they have to play 90 minutes,

02:40because we have to change some other players to save them for Thursday.

02:47And I think we can help even more the young kids.

02:51Especially Tyler did quite well in the third goal.

02:54He needs more help from Ahmad.

02:56So these small things, I think we can help them more.

03:00But I'm really happy with the performance of the young kids.

03:03And how pleased are you with Mason Mount?

03:06I mean, great finish.

03:07He has a huge smile on his face.

03:09It's not just the finish.

03:11It's the position that he has on the pitch.

03:13He's like a third midfielder that can reach the box.

03:17He's really intelligent.

03:19So he's getting there.

03:21And he trains really hard.

03:23Sometimes I have to push him back and to take him out the pitch,

03:27because he wants to do so much more.

03:29We are taking care of him.

03:31He wants to play more minutes, but the minutes were controlled.

03:35I'm really happy with him.

03:37So, just on the list, you don't know what the injury is yet,

03:40or whether it's how to use him or something?

03:42No, no. I have no idea.

03:44So, just on the end of the players,

03:46I know you spoke about how to go forward with it.

03:48How good was it to be for them?

03:51Yeah, it's really important because you can train a lot with the first team,

03:56but to have that feeling, playing with the players, feeling the players,

04:00the speed of the game, I think is the best thing.

04:03So, again, I think they did quite well.

04:07Shidou fought all the game, but you can feel that he's really naive sometimes

04:13in the way he puts his body.

04:15He's going to understand what is the feeling of playing in these kind of games.

04:19This is the best way.

04:21So, we can take that from positive.

04:23The rest, we lose.

04:26We didn't win points.

04:27So, just that.

04:29Okay, thank you.

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