Ruben Amorim defended his approach after Manchester United were held to a 2\u20132 draw at Nottingham Forest, a result that stopped the club\u2019s run of consecutive wins. He said he feared bringing on another striker late in the game might have done more harm than good.<\/p>\n
Amorim made attacking changes by introducing full backs Patrick Dorgu and Noussair Mazraoui while leaving Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee among the substitutes. He replaced Diogo Dalot and Leny Yoro as he looked to create different crossing angles and movement from the flanks.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, if you put more strikers on, I don\u2019t feel we are going to play better,\u201d Amorim explained. \u201cIf you see Diogo Dalot, many times with space to make a cross but he has the right foot and is always coming inside, without space…<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Patrick, we are going to do the same thing but, when you have the ball, got to the side and cross from the spaces there. Because, if you want to come inside, Matheus Cunha is always there to receive the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you see the start of the second half, Leny is always the one with the space to run with the ball. Nous is a full back so I try to use the characteristics of the player. It\u2019s not the quality because we have the quality on the bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, if I stop the game all the time, I have the feeling I am going to break something. We were going to improve in the second half so the feeling was not to change anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Amad can do much better, he is really dangerous one-on-one so, sometimes, we expect it just from that one guy. He was not doing a great game for us but managed to score. He has the potential to do so much better and we lost two points today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf [Kobbie] Mainoo and Mason Mount was there, also Josh [Zirkzee] and then you have to imagine the game. Josh is better like a little bit like Cunha, playing between the lines. If you see the game, we need a guy who needs to be inside the box. Ben [\u0160e\u0161ko] is the best one to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, it\u2019s the characteristics of the game and they know that it\u2019s just the moment. We try to do our best, it\u2019s nothing to do with the quality on the bench. We have a lot of games where that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amad Diallo\u2019s late volley salvaged a point but the young winger was subdued after the final whistle, focusing on the draw rather than the quality of the finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if it is Goal of the Season,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are really disappointed to go home with one point.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always difficult to play Nottingham Forest. We wanted to win this game coming from three in a row. We are a bit disappointed because we go home with one point. But we will learn from this.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we have confidence now. We believe in the manager and we believe in the system. We are training to do the best. Everyone is now focused. We had three wins in the row and we wanted to make it four and were unlucky.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are doing things step by step and we believe in the manager like he believes in us. Every game for us is like a final. We wanted to bring this team to the top level. We wanted to win this game and we are disappointed as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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