Amorim on Utd's stunning comeback win at City

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Amorim on Utd's stunning comeback win at City  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.

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