Amorim demands mode actions from United players following win over Sunderland
Ruben Amorim has called for more actions from the Manchester United players following the much-needed win against Sunderland.
He made the call after Mason Mount said Manchester United’s players were “100-per-cent behind the gaffer.”
Last weekend’s bruising 3-1 loss at Brentford intensified scrutiny on the Portuguese head coach’s position heading into his 50th match at the Old Trafford helm.
United responded well to that setback as a fine Mount opener and first home goal from summer signing Benjamin Sesko secured a 2-0 victory against newly promoted Sunderland.
The result helps alleviate the pressure before the international break on under-fire Amorim.
When the United manager was told about the midfielder’s comment, he said: “I saw (that) today and I know they want to do their best – and I know they don’t want to change the coach all the time.
“We need to show with actions.
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“And sometimes when we look at our team I know for sure that when we see the games in the end they know that sometimes we can do better.
“So, I feel that during the week but we need to show that on the pitch, not just at home but also away.”
Amorim also issued a bizarre rebuttal that his Manchester United side had picked up momentum from their victory over Sunderland, in their best performance of the season.
“There is no momentum with our team. We know what happens when we win one game. For me the frustration is not to see the same team at home and away.
“You saw today, we didn’t play well in the second half. But we were focused, we fought the second balls. Ben [Sesko] was there to touch them all the time. So these small things are going to help us to win games,” he said.
Amorim made five changes to his Man Utd side from last weekend’s loss at Brentford, including handing summer signing Senne Lammens his debut.
The 23-year-old goalkeeper arrived on deadline day from Antwerp and helped United keep their first clean sheet of the season, producing a couple of important saves and showing confidence between the sticks.
