Amorim on Manchester Utd's 1-1 draw with Arsenal
09/03/2025
Old Trafford, Manchester, UK
09/03/2025
Old Trafford, Manchester, UK
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00:00In your TV interview you said in the future you don't want your team to play like that.
00:14Most people would have thought that that today was a lot better than a lot of other performances.
00:20Could you just explain?
00:22It's just the love-lock. It's just the way to give the ball to the opponent.
00:26It's just that. The spirit to follow the plan, to be together, that is a good thing.
00:32This is an example for the future.
00:35I'm just saying the love-lock.
00:37You can feel it a little bit, the frustration of our fans in the first half.
00:41Could you explain what it is that you want different?
00:46Do you want to start your team further up the pitch?
00:49As I say, I think most fans would have thought they could play like that.
00:53No, I think the plan was perfect.
00:57What I mean is that we have to have more possession of the ball, more control of the ball,
01:02to press a little bit high.
01:04We press sometimes, especially in the goal kicks, on the free kicks near the goal.
01:11We press quite well.
01:13But in the future I want to play a different football to spend more time attacking with the ball
01:18in the last third than defending in the love-lock.
01:21That's all.
01:22The rest I think is an example.
01:24People appreciate the effort of the players.
01:27Ruben, it seems that the best performances on you so far have come against the likes of Arsenal,
01:33Liverpool, Man City.
01:35Is that a problem?
01:36What does that say about your team?
01:38They do that, they don't do it against, so it's a problem.
01:41I don't know.
01:43Maybe in those games it's a little bit more acceptable to play in the love-lock.
01:49And that can help us a lot.
01:51Against other teams we have to push forward.
01:54That's why it's difficult here.
01:56Sometimes you have to press high, it's more difficult.
02:01Sometimes the characteristics of the players are not there to do that.
02:04But when you train and you play in the club like ours,
02:09sometimes you have to push forward no matter what.
02:12And I think that is the biggest reason for that to happen.
02:18Ruben, were you more pleased with the tight turnaround between the games
02:23and that you only made two changes with the lack of players for those injuries?
02:28You are asking why I did that?
02:31Were you particularly pleased with the tight turnaround and you couldn't rotate too much in the game?
02:36I think I was really pleased.
02:38If you see also the game, we controlled the first minutes without the ball.
02:44We scored near the half-time.
02:47That helped us a lot in the end.
02:49In the second half we had more space and more energy also because of the results in our fans
02:55to score another goal.
02:58So if I look at the performance, I'm quite pleased even with all the problems.
03:03Would you expect to have some players back for the second half?
03:07Maybe Ugart. I don't know. We'll see.
03:12Can I just ask you about the quality of Ruben Fernandes?
03:15The goal was sensational, wasn't it?
03:18Would he really be planning to step up?
03:20I think he steps up all the time.
03:22Sometimes he can show some frustration in some moments that can hurt him more than anybody.
03:30And I understand that. It's that frustration he wants to win.
03:33But again, he's also always available.
03:36Always there to play in different positions.
03:40And when we need sometimes a goal, a free kick, an assist, he's always there.
03:44So I think he's a very good example.
03:47He does some mistakes. That's normal.
03:50But he's a very good example for the other players.
03:54This time when you said there was more space and more energy in the second half,
03:58how do you make sure the team starts like that in the first half of the game?
04:01Because you are in front of the results.
04:05And then you are in the second half and you feel that you can score.
04:08And when you are in this moment, you don't feel so tired.
04:14I think it's that feeling.
04:16And when you start the game, you know that you have 90 minutes, 75 minutes
04:21when you have to defend, not to suffer a goal and try to score a goal.
04:27So I think it's more a plan.
04:30If you can be inside of the game or on top of the game at halftime,
04:37in the second half we will be more dangerous
04:40and the players feel more confident to play a different football.
04:43Do you think it's a confidence issue?
04:46It depends. I think we believe more during the games
04:51because we feel comfortable, we feel like we can do this.
04:54We are okay and then we are growing in confidence during the game.
04:59Not so much in the beginning, in the beginning we tried to understand
05:03but then during the game I felt that also in Spain.
05:06During the game I think we increased the confidence and the quality of our game.
05:12Bruce, just on Bruno again.
05:15If the club had signed more players with his level of quality,
05:20but not the quality, mentality, ability to play every three days,
05:25do you think the club would have been in quite this position?
05:28And going forward for you, how crucial is it that you bring in players
05:34with that level of quality, with that level of mentality, with that level of ability?
05:39I think any coach when he wants to bring players he expects the best,
05:44but sometimes they have to adapt and sometimes you have luck
05:48with the character of the player or not, even with all the investigation
05:51that all the coaches do before signing players.
05:55What I can say is that we need more Bruno, that is clear.
05:59Not just the quality, the character, not some mistakes,
06:03but the character that he has, the availability in this league is so important
06:08and he is so decisive with the ball and without the ball.
06:12Last question, Richard.
06:13I just wanted to ask about how Genuro is and what do you make of him?
06:18Eden is so relaxed, he seems so relaxed that sometimes he is too relaxed.
06:25But I think we have a player there, so now we have to control
06:29and to tell him that it was just a game, etc.
06:33Lenny has something in his foot, I think we will see if he is available for Thursday.