Ruben Amorim insists Man United's set-piece struggles are his responsibility after Bournemouth defeat as new manager rushes to defence of assistant Carlos Fernandes
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Ruben Amorim accepted responsibility for Manchester United’s latest setback as they sank to defeat at home to Bournemouth. In particular, Amorim took the blame for conceding another goal from a set-piece after Dean Huijsen headed the visitors in front from a free-kick in the first half.
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Amorim made the decision to take set-piece responsibilities off United coach Andreas Georgson and give them to his former Sporting Lisbon assistant Carlos Fernandes, but this was the seventh time in six games that one has led to a goal against his team.
‘The responsibility of everything is on me, not Carlos. We are a team in good moments and bad moments,’ he said. ‘We suffered again on set-pieces and we have to improve. We have a way of doing things. We are working on that and we are going to improve, but we didn’t lose because of set pieces, we lost because we create more chances and we didn’t score and then in this moment everything against us they can score.
‘One set-piece makes us more nervous, all the stadium. I felt it since the first minute, there’s a lot of anxiety. We have to focus on the job and not what you feel in the stadium. Ruben Amorim (R) made the decision to give set-piece responsibilities to Carlos Fernandes (L).
United conceded from another set-piece during Sunday's defeat to Bournemouth. ‘It’s my responsibility to coach them. Of course, we want to improve. In this moment, everything is so hard. ‘I always expected (the United job to be tough), especially in these busy months. We are ready to face the challenge.’.
