Amorim on Utd's stunning comeback win at City
15/12/2024
Etihad stadium, Manchester, UK
15/12/2024
Etihad stadium, Manchester, UK
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00:00You can wait for the microphone, please.
00:20Hi, Riven.
00:21Congratulations.
00:22Obviously, you needed two late goals, but do you think over the course of the 90 minutes
00:25you probably deserved to win?
00:26I think so.
00:28It's hard to say now, and I'm a coach of Manchester United.
00:32But I think we did a great job.
00:34We controlled very well Manchester City.
00:38We didn't allow much.
00:40Of course, we don't create so much either, but it was a divided game.
00:45But we believe it a lot.
00:47Different from Arsenal.
00:48We controlled the game of Arsenal in the first half, but I didn't feel that belief, and
00:54today I felt it.
00:55I think that was the key point to change the game.
01:02Ruben, you made a very bold call leaving Marcus and Alejandro out of the squad altogether.
01:08Can I ask why that was?
01:10It's important to say why.
01:13It was not a disciplinary thing.
01:16Next week, next game, new life.
01:18They are fighting for the places, but for me it's important the performance in training,
01:23the performance in game, the way you dress, the way you eat, the way you engage with teammates,
01:27the way you push your teammates.
01:30Everything is important in our context in the beginning of Sunday.
01:34When we want to change a lot of things, when people in our club are losing their jobs,
01:39we have to put the standards really high.
01:42And for that, they have to fight for the place in the team.
01:47Today, the team proved that we can leave anyone outside the squad.
01:54You can manage to win if you play together.
01:59Just on that, Ruben, your comments there suggest that with Marcus and Alejandro,
02:04it was issues off the pitch, not necessarily performance-related.
02:08Your predecessor, Eric Ten Haag, dropped Marcus Rashford after he called in sick for training last season.
02:16What concerns do you have about Marcus's lifestyle off the pitch?
02:20I'm going to say again, it was not a disciplinary thing.
02:23It's the small details.
02:25You can see the games like I see.
02:27There are some things that have to change, but a new life is not a disciplinary thing.
02:31It's the performance in training, the performance in game, and then I have to choose players.
02:36Johnny Evans did everything right.
02:39He was at home.
02:41It's very important for us.
02:43If it was disciplinary, I would say that here.
02:47It would be a bigger problem, but it was not that.
02:51It was just, I want to improve my players.
02:53Sometimes you see and you understand that for so long,
02:58for example with Rashford, we try a thing with Rashford, it doesn't work.
03:04Let's continue to do the same thing or try something different.
03:07It's as simple as that.
03:09If they train well with the talent they have, we will be so much better with them.
03:14Both of them.
03:16But they have to work hard.
03:18They are trying to do.
03:19Today they trained really hard, so it's a good thing.
03:22New week, new life.
03:24Let's see the next squad.
03:26When you mention clubs, does that suggest that they're not doing what you expect?
03:32No.
03:33You can dress in the way that I really don't like, but it's not a disciplinary thing.
03:38It's like the small details.
03:40It's more like performance and training in games.
03:43Then I have to choose.
03:45That's it.
03:47New week, new life.
03:49Let's see it.
03:51Hi, Ruben.
03:52How pleased were you with how the team defended, in particular Harry Maguire and Manuel Lugati?
03:57Maguire is perfect when you play with three defenders.
04:00I think in the middle he's perfect.
04:02The striker that they have, with the long balls, you need to be really strong.
04:09It was perfect for him, but not just Harry.
04:13All the guys defended really well.
04:16They were really focused.
04:18That is the key to play better.
04:21I think he did a great job.
04:23Also, his teammates did a great job.
04:26Hi, Ruben.
04:27How significant was it to actually win the game, having made those big calls before the game?
04:31Is it a different situation with Alejandro and Marcus, or is it exactly the same?
04:36It's the same with Evans.
04:39We have to choose.
04:41Then we see how many players we have in our squad, in this position, managing the substitutions.
04:47Then the small details will make a difference.
04:50I know it's strange, but it's just that.
04:56For me, it will be the same.
04:58For you guys, this conversation will be really, really hard.
05:03Now it's more soft, but I understand that.
05:06For me, it's a clear point, a natural situation.
05:10Like I said, it was just for this game.
05:12Let's see the other game.
05:14Hi, Ruben.
05:16What kind of statement do you think you've made by beating Pep Guardiola, beating Manchester City,
05:21in their own stadium, so early on in the United career?
05:25I think for the fans it has a deep meaning, especially in this context, in this moment.
05:31But we had a difficult moment one week ago, against Nottingham, at home, with a storm.
05:38It was a really tough moment after the game.
05:40Today, we are more happy, but it's three points.
05:44We have to continue.
05:46Here, you don't stop playing.
05:48Next week, you will have three games.
05:51It will change the way they see the team.
05:53Today is a good day.
05:54Let's enjoy it for ten minutes and then think about the next game.
05:58Hi, Ruben.
05:59When you talk about the character of the players and the standards they need to reach,
06:02with Ahmad, do you see someone there who is practically the perfect example of that at the moment?
06:07I don't want to talk about just Ahmad.
06:11A lot of players here are improving, are fighting, are working really hard, are suffering.
06:17That is a good thing, when you suffer for something.
06:20Ahmad, of course, is in a great moment, but I will say it again.
06:24Eric brought Ahmad to the first team.
06:27Ruud did a great job, and we continue with a good moment of Ahmad.
06:32And Ahmad did a great job.
06:34But now, let's be careful with Ahmad.
06:36Don't do the same mistakes that we did in the past with the younger guys.
06:40Let's push him down a little bit.
06:44But the next game is a new story, so he must continue to work hard.
06:51Ruben, could you just update us on Mason Mount?
06:55Because obviously that didn't happen the way you wanted.
06:57And also, I don't know if you're aware, but your team was in the public domain last night.
07:03I just wondered what you thought about that.
07:06I know that story.
07:09I don't know.
07:13I think it's impossible to fix nowadays.
07:17Because you have a lot of people in the club.
07:20The players talk with agents.
07:22I don't know. You can talk with a friend.
07:24So it's hard to know.
07:27It's not a good thing.
07:30But let's move on and go to the next one.
07:33And see if they find the next starting eleven.
07:37Mason Mount stretched his leg in one play.
07:42And he felt something.
07:44So let's recover.
07:45Mason Mount is really important for us.
07:48He's the kind of player that I really like.
07:50He's the kind of player that our team needed.
07:52Because he's talented, he works really hard.
07:54He's really humble.
07:55So we need him a lot.
07:57We'll leave it there.