Manchester United’s late winner ‘truly needed’, admits Ruben Amorim
Manchester United’s late winner ‘truly needed’, admits Ruben Amorim
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Ruben Amorim admitted Manchester United’s stoppage-time 2-1 Europa League win over Rangers was “truly needed in this moment”. It followed Sunday’s dismal 3-1 defeat by Brighton and was only a second victory at Old Trafford since mid-December. It also came after the head coach describing his team as possibly the poorest of the club’s history, though he subsequently said he regretted the comment.
A Jack Butland own-goal was equalised by Cyriel Dessers’ 88th-minute strike before Bruno Fernandes’ winner in the 92nd minute. Amorim said: “It was a victory that we truly needed in this moment. It was fair for us to win the game, a game we knew would be tough.”.
Alejandro Garnacho was among United’s better performers. He is being targeted by Napoli and Chelsea, with the latter club the winger’s preference. Amorim refused to say if this was his last game for United at Old Trafford. “I’m focused on the games and he’s here, he’s a player for Manchester United,” the 39-year-old said. “He was really important for us today and let’s see in the next days [of the transfer window]. I think he’s improving in every aspect of the game, he was better today playing inside [as the No 10], also outside, changing positions; he’s improving the recovering position.
“You can see it until 90 minutes he’s always there recovering and helping, sometimes showing some frustration and that is good because he wants more. “He has potential to be so much better in every situation in the game. What I can say is he understood what I was trying to do, was really clear, I just want to help them but in the end it’s them that do the job.”.
