A defensive Ruben Amorim insisted after Manchester United's 3-0 derby defeat at Manchester Metropolis that his system will stay, so “you must change the person” if his 3-4-3 formation is to be discarded. The top coach additionally urged latest occasions behind closed doorways have hampered the group.
Metropolis defeated United 3‑0 with Phil Foden's 18th-minute header and Erling Haaland's strikes on 53 and 68 minutes. It leaves Amorim's aspect on 4 factors after 4 video games and his total document as 31 from 31 video games.
Amorim denied the group's form could also be adjusted to attempt to enhance outcomes and he pointed to unknown occurrences as an element within the type.
“It's not a document it is best to have at Manchester United,” he stated. “You don't have any thought what occurred [privately] throughout these [past] months however I settle for that. I'm not going to alter. After I need to change my philosophy, I'll change. If not, you must change the person.
“We speak about this each recreation that we lose. I imagine in my means and I'm going to play my means till I need to change.
“I see that we're doing higher however the outcomes don't present that.
I keep in mind final 12 months I performed with my former membership [Sporting Lisbon] in opposition to Metropolis [in the Champions League] – we gained 4-1. It was not close to the identical quantity of alternatives – the best way we managed that recreation in comparison with immediately. In sure moments we weren't higher than Metropolis – I perceive that. It's arduous and the document says the whole lot. I perceive.”
Amorim was requested what the message is to any followers shedding religion in him. “That I'm going to present the whole lot,” the 40-year-old stated. “I'll do the whole lot – at all times interested by what's finest for the membership. That was at all times the identical message. It's not my determination, the remaining. I actually need to win video games. I'm struggling greater than them.”
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Pep Guardiola praised Haaland, who has 5 objectives in 4 Metropolis video games. “Erling by no means disappoints us,” the supervisor stated. “He's a particular participant.”
