Amorim on Utd's 2-1 win at fading Champions Liverpool

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Amorim on Utd's 2-1 win at fading Champions Liverpool  19/10/2025  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00How would you assess that performance in terms of United's performances or wins?

00:18I think we started really well.

00:19I think we had a great spirit during the game.

00:23I think we didn't play well with the ball, just certain moments.

00:28We create chances, we suffer some chances also.

00:33We lost a little bit of the composure in the second half.

00:36We managed well when we suffered the goal.

00:39We managed that moment well and that is a key point for our team.

00:42So I think it was a great win.

00:46Not a very well played game from our part, but a great spirit and that is the only thing

00:52I can ask.

00:53Ruben, people talk a lot about players that leave United and start to play well.

01:01Harry Maguire is probably a very rare, someone that went through everything and now he has

01:08moments like this.

01:10How do you see him as a leader here?

01:14It's really important and you know I think I already spoke about that.

01:18We have a club that has a lot of pressure and it is not easy to play here, but all of them

01:23have the opportunity to play for us and then they leave and sometimes life is like that.

01:30Harry Maguire, it's really important for us, was really important for us today.

01:36He is a great example on that, everything that he has been through.

01:42It's a good example for every kid.

01:46And now he has to recover to be ready for Brighton.

01:48Hi Ruben.

01:49Back to back league wins now and where does this victory rank in your time at United?

01:57I think of course it's really important, I don't have many wins in Manchester.

02:07This is really important, it's back to back like you said, it's an Anfield, that is really

02:11important.

02:13Every detail of this game, it's something that I am speaking for a while.

02:18The spirit, when we suffer a bad moment or a goal, maintain the composure.

02:25All these small things, today was perfect, let's try to do that in the next week.

02:31That is really important.

02:32I think it was really important for our fans because they are struggling, they struggle

02:36against Greensby, they struggle against Brentford and today they saw a different team and that

02:42is really important to come here and to this stadium with the champion, biggest rival, to

02:48sing during the game, that is massive for us, so this win is for them.

02:52I was just going to ask you a bit more about the fans, I mean, you know, celebrating

02:57Chandra, they've never stopped singing your name, but what does it mean to kind of celebrate

03:01with them and the way they've stuck with you and there must be so much positive to take forward?

03:05I think it's not normal, I think it's hard to find something like this, so many bad moments

03:13and to have the fans always supporting the manager when every one of you is saying until

03:19Griezmann is gone.

03:21So that is not normal.

03:23I'm so lucky to have the fans, but again, let's focus on the next one.

03:27What was really important and then sometimes it's a little bit luck because they had two

03:41shots on the post, that can change the narrative, the way you see the team, the goalkeeper, whatever,

03:47so we have to understand that, but he showed a lot of character, a lot of quality and we

03:54win also because of Lemans.

03:59Ruben, as we know, you face a lot of scrutiny at your system, even this election today,

04:01it caused maybe some surprises, could you just talk us through that, because it clearly

04:04worked in terms of getting Liverpool and turning back the other day?

04:08I think, especially in the bad moments, you have to go with your guts and I always go by

04:12that, no matter what.

04:14I think it's the most important thing in the manager, right or wrong sometimes, but that

04:18is for me, it's the key point of being a manager.

04:22And then, sometimes you have a player in the good moment, but the characteristic of the

04:26game is not for him.

04:28So it's better to go with the player and understand that it's not for him and then take him out

04:34to the game.

04:35I don't understand the game like this, sometimes the characteristics of the game change the way

04:41you are going to approach the game.

04:44So I think, for example, Cunha in the middle, if we put Ben, I think it's easier for this

04:51kind of centre-backs to control our striker.

04:54So we try to do that, but when you win, he's so smart, the coach is amazing.

04:59And then when you lose, there's something wrong with the manager.

05:02I understand that, that's why I'm going always what I think is the best for the team.

05:06Amad has had a few difficult weeks in that bereavement and time-off, but he's come back,

05:13he's played well against some of them last week, can you just talk about how he's come

05:17back and what his relationship is like with Brian on that right wing?

05:21Yeah, Amad is doing so well in that position, he's perfect for that position.

05:29He was upset today when I made a serve, but it was a yellow card.

05:35There was a lot of man-to-man on the side, so it was just about that.

05:40If not, he will continue in the game because it's so important for us.

05:46He struggled these weeks, but we are here for him and that's the most important thing.

05:51Last two questions for Mark and then Zach.

05:54You're two points behind Liverpool and they haven't actually for a long time in Liverpool.

06:00What do you think the team can achieve? What should the team have been to achieve?

06:03Can you please talk about it?

06:05No, I want you guys to continue with the narrative that you are, so don't change that.

06:10That is best for me.

06:12So I will not now increase the goal or whatever, no, you continue now with the same narrative.

06:20What we need to do is try to win three games in a row and then forget about the top four, top six.

06:26We already said that we need to go to Europe, but this doesn't change nothing.

06:33We are the same team that we were 90 minutes ago.

06:36The way people see the team is different, but we are the same team.

06:40So we have a lot to do.

06:42We had some luck in the few moments.

06:44We had an amazing spirit.

06:46We need to take all of that to the next game, so the goal is always the same.

06:51Just following up on that, I think the last time we asked you a question like that,

06:56the storm has come last November or December.

07:01Do you think United through the storm?

07:03I have no idea.

07:04I am always saying the same thing.

07:06If we show the spirit that we show today every day in training, in games,

07:11I think we are going to win so many games.

07:13But for that we need to take action, not speak about that, not always bringing the last year.

07:21Good day today, let's focus on Brighton and we will see after Brighton.

07:27Thank you guys.

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