Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim on their 1-1 UEL last 16 first leg draw with Real Sociedad

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim on their 1-1 UEL last 16 first leg draw with Real Sociedad Reale Arena, San Sebastian, Spain

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00:00A good result, all being equal, but could it have been better?

00:09Yeah, it could be better, but it could be worse, because in the last 20 minutes I felt

00:13the team really tired, but until the penalty I felt that the team was in control of the

00:20game. After the goal we were so near the second goal with transitions, you felt in the stadium

00:26they were nervous, but in the end the penalty I think did change a little bit and then when

00:31the momentum changed we got tired more easily. We take the game to Old Trafford and we'll

00:39try to win that.

00:40I know you don't usually talk about referees, but the penalty, have you seen it again, do

00:44you agree?

00:45Yeah, I don't want to talk about that, let's try to win the second game.

00:52Joshua Xherxey was saying that you need to be more clinical and ruthless with your chances,

00:57is that a view that you share?

01:00That is clear, we are creating chances, sometimes you don't see it in the XG because we manage

01:09not to shoot, but the great opportunity is there and you can see it. We have transitions,

01:15we have situations and sometimes we are missing something and that can change, especially

01:20in these kinds of games where you need goals, that can make a difference.

01:26One of those chances was Diogo in the first half not passing to Rasmus, he was very upset

01:30about that. What do you make of that situation? Why would he write back in that area and not

01:35pass to a striker, do you think?

01:37I think it's hard to say, but I just imagine that Diogo doesn't know for sure that Rasmus

01:46has the advantage and he felt that he has a lot of time to think the play. One thing

01:52that I'm sure, they are really anxious to score goals and to win games, so they are

01:59doing all the best and sometimes they want to do the best but they are not deciding the

02:05best way in that position. It was a clear situation, Rasmus did really well, Dalot did

02:12really well, the decision was not the best. The important thing is to move on and not

02:17stay like them, like fighting and let's move on to the next opportunity.

02:33On that Ruben, what did you make of Rasmus' performance? It seemed like, even though he

02:37didn't have a shot or goal, it was an improvement on some of his recent games.

02:41He's trying really hard, he gave everything, he made the runs, we know that Real Sociedad

02:46has a high line and he uses this space to win, to fight. The other thing is he's going

02:52to appear in the right moment, he has to continue to play, not be anxious. In that position

03:00with Diogo, we did a great run, win the position, sometimes the ball comes, sometimes it doesn't,

03:05so he needs to think in the next play, in this case in the next game.

03:12How pleased were you for Joshua Xherxey after what happened to him on Sunday to get the goal?

03:18He deserved it because he's working really well, he's improving in a lot of things in

03:23his game. He deserves this moment and it was really important for us today.

03:31Garnaccio was a key part for you to dominate the game in the second half, why did you change

03:40him after the goal?

03:42I felt he was tired. You see it because we did a lot of transitions in the second half

03:50because sometimes he was late to defend. Sometimes he's in a good position for transition but

03:58I felt that he was tired to recover and to do the same things. So I look at the game

04:03as a whole, not just in transitions.