Manchester United secured a 4\u20131 victory over the Premier League\u2019s bottom side, but the result was accompanied by fresh concern after centre back Matthijs de Ligt failed to make the matchday squad.<\/p>\n
Manager Ruben Amorim had initially been optimistic about the injury suffered by the Dutch international, but that optimism appears to have been tempered by De Ligt\u2019s absence from the Wolves fixture. Amorim selected two natural full backs, Luke Shaw and Noussair Mazraoui, to operate in central defence alongside young Ayden Heaven. Lisandro Mart\u00ednez, still getting back to full fitness, and Leny Yoro were named among the substitutes.<\/p>\n
Asked for an update on De Ligt\u2019s condition, Amorim refused to offer a timeline for a return. “I don’t know, sometimes you have an idea and then you have to see day by day,” Amorim conceded. “I am not going to say when he is coming back.” Those comments underline the uncertainty surrounding a player who was not available for selection on Monday.<\/p>\n
United\u2019s defensive vulnerabilities were exposed briefly against Wolves, with the hosts \u2014 who have two points from 15 games this season \u2014 managing to score only their eighth goal of the campaign to level the match at 1\u20131 by half-time. It was not, however, an accurate reflection of United\u2019s overall control of the game.<\/p>\n
Amorim used his interval team talk to underline that point and praised his players for their reaction after the break. “I\u2019m feeling good,” Amorim reflected. “I think we played well, most of the time. I think we disconnected a little bit after the first goal, that hurt us. But in the second half, everyone felt we were there to win the game and that was a good feeling.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s really good that [fight in the second half], but we need to be concerned about how we concede a goal when we have full control of the game. We are so near to score a second goal to kill, a little bit, the game. But I\u2019m pleased with the response after half-time.<\/p>\n
“It was so clear we are dominating the games but not finishing the plays as we should do. We need to be better in the details. [I was] trying to explain to the players we have 45 minutes to win the three points that are crucial for our life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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