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Ruben Amorim has warned that the rest of Manchester United’s season could be a “rollercoaster” as the players continue to adapt to his demands.
The final stages of the Old Trafford crowd were taken on a breathless loop United face Southampton Thursday night. The hosts duly trailed their struggling visitors before the final eight minutes of the contest Amad Diallo’s first senior hat-trick All three points saved.
Amorim admitted his side “didn’t play well” against Saints and warned that, with so little opportunity to work with a group of players he only met for the first time in November, it may not be a straight line to success.
“I think it will be difficult until the end of the season,” feared the Portuguese boss while speaking to the assembled media on Friday. “It’s going to be a rollercoaster.
“It depends on the time you have to train. We are still in training The FA Cup And we have Europa League games. Then it’s important to focus on next Thursday to win (against Rangers) and try to finish in the top eight.
“We’re trying to do everything at the same time. We have seven training sessions in 14, 15 games together. It’s really hard, but we keep going and try to win, sometimes we play well, sometimes we play bad.”
United impressed during their Recent visits Previously at home to Liverpool and Arsenal Late Escape Act against Southampton. Amorim warned that United’s historic preference for counter-attacking – and subsequent struggles to break down compact defenses – would take time to improve.
“We were, in the past, a team in transition and we still are,” shrugged the former Sporting CP boss. “You could feel it. To create chances in the final third, we struggled a lot.
“It’s something we have to change. To change, we need training. So to get time to change, we need to win games and we will try to do that.”
Next turn inside combined’s rollercoaster sees them take on Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon. The Seagulls have won each of their last two visits to the Theater of Dreams.
