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Ruben Amorim has warned he will “learn more” about his Manchester United players during Thursday’s visit of rock-bottom Southampton instead of two spirited performances against Liverpool and Arsenal.
United have already lost four matches in a row A journey to Anfield 2025 for their opening game. Despite the threat of heavy thrashing, Amorim’s improved outfit would have drawn 2-2 and beaten the Premier League leaders had Harry Maguire not spooned from the top of the box with the last kick of the box. game
A week later, combined Their other historic rivals were held to a draw on enemy territory. Despite playing with ten men for over an hour at the Emirates Stadium, the Red Devils managed to hold the score at 1-1 and then elbowed their way into the fourth round of the FA Cup. The winning penalty shootout.
Amorim praised United “a different spirit” in that cup tie and challenged his players to maintain that level of enthusiasm and fight for Thursday’s match, which – in theory, at least – the hosts will be expected to win.
“This next game will teach me more from my players than the last two,” Amorim told assembled media on Wednesday, “so I’m really focused on seeing what kind of game we’re going to play tomorrow so I’ll learn more. Tomorrow.”
By way of explanation, Amorim outlined: “Because there are no expectations from us in the last two matches. Nobody believed that we would do well or win any games but now they expect us to win and play well so I will. Learn more about this game.”
Sit at the feet of Southampton Premier League TableBoasting just six points from their first 20 league games of the campaign. Competitively, Saints’ struggles could make it more difficult for United. “People expect us to win and that changes things,” Amorim warned.
“When you have pressure to win, that’s the pressure we want and sometimes it’s hard to deal with that pressure because in front of Armory And Liverpool nobody expected us to beat those teams but now it’s different. We have to be ready for that pressure, we need that pressure to improve as a team and we need to tackle the game properly.”
United captain Bruno Fernandes Sent the same message immediately after the euphoria of Sunday’s cup win. “The big games against Liverpool (and) Arsenal, everyone steps up because it’s a big game,” explained the captain. “We have to give it back to the club. We need to do that every week, every game.”
