Ruben Amorim defended his squad after Manchester United drew 1-1 with Fulham, insisting the players are working hard in training and that results will follow.<\/p>\n
The match saw Bruno Fernandes miss a penalty before Rodrigo Muniz tracked back and scored an own goal to put United ahead. Emile Smith Rowe levelled in the 73rd minute with his first touch after coming off the bench, and the game finished all square.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, Amorim insisted the focus must be on performance rather than panic. He said: \u201cI think we can do better, but we are putting in the effort.\u00a0So that is the most important thing for me. I think in some moments we did well, especially in the beginning of the game.\u00a0And I felt that after the goal, we were just thinking about the result.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this team needs to win games. So we need to focus on the performance, what we need to do.\u00a0Because if we think about the result, we forget to do the normal things.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to think in this moment about the performance.\u00a0Of course I am not crazy. I know what is the feeling of a player that plays in a team that has to win every match.\u00a0But I felt that in the past.\u00a0I don\u2019t feel lack of urgency in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amorim was frank on Fernandes’ performance after the missed penalty, saying the midfielder felt the weight of responsibility. \u201cI think he\u2019s not used to missing a penalty.\u00a0He knows the importance that every moment in this context can have a huge impact on the team.\u00a0And I felt that during the game he was not so happy, not so involved,\u00a0because he has so much responsibility. And I think he felt that missing the penalty was huge for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
United remain without a win following an opening weekend defeat to Arsenal and the draw with Fulham. Despite that record, Amorim stressed confidence in his players’ work ethic during the week and his belief that victories will come. \u201cWe just want to win games.\u00a0They are humans, they know the context, they read everything.\u00a0And they know that they need to be better. But for me, during the week it\u2019s completely different.\u00a0They work really hard.\u00a0Today they work really hard, sometimes not in a good way, but they work. So with that I can work.\u00a0And with that I\u2019m really confident that we are going to get many wins.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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