Man United manager Ruben Amorim reflects on their 2-2 draw at Tottenham.

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00:00Hi guys, we're in a bit of a rush to travel, so we'll start us off Simon.

00:25Hi Ruben, for the second week in a row you're in front in an away game, you seem to be

00:34in control of the situation and then in a space of no time the game just goes away from

00:41you.

00:42I know you'll be delighted to get something, but how much of a problem is that that you've

00:47done the same thing again?

00:49We have a lot of problems, we are just in the beginning.

00:52I know that sometimes the results show to people that we are improving, but we are

00:56improving, but we have a lot to do.

00:59And you can divide the game in the final ten minutes, also when we have to take out Harry

01:05Maguire and Cosmiro at the same time, then suffer two goals, then losing Ben, even before the

01:14second goal with a big opportunity.

01:17To play with ten minutes, but then to overcome everything and to manage to score is a good

01:23thing.

01:24But if you look at the rest of the game, we were comfortable in the game, but I think we

01:28should do better, be more aggressive, feeling the environment in the stadium that the three

01:35points were there, the space was there.

01:39And I think we felt too comfortable during the game and we need to expect that in one

01:44play anything can happen and change the mood of the stadium and today was that.

01:50So I think we control well the game, but we need to do better because the game was there

01:55to take.

01:56Sorry.

01:57Matthijs has been the present few this season, what do you make for his goal at the end and

02:02the way that you've formed in the game entirely, and also a small point, but he's not in the

02:07leadership group, I'm just wondering if there's a reason for that?

02:11No, sometimes there are players that lead in the way they play and then there are players

02:18that have a different involvement in everything that happens in Carrington.

02:24So I just try to put different styles on the leadership group.

02:29But in the end, everyone has to be leader and to help each other.

02:34I think he's doing really well, he's really aggressive, he's defending well.

02:38I think he has more quality with the ball that he's showing because he's still in one point

02:43that he doesn't want to make mistakes with the ball and he's doing that really well because

02:48that is a smart thing for a player to do.

02:51But when we reach a point, a very good point, our three centre-backs, they will control the

02:59tempo and the quality of the game and we have, like I said, we have a lot to do in a lot

03:04of things in our team.

03:09We have to check.

03:10We have to check.

03:11We have to check.

03:12He had something in his knee.

03:13Let's see.

03:14Ruben, ahead of the Forest game, you spoke to the players about the possibility of going

03:19second and that they didn't take.

03:23Again, today was the opportunity to go second.

03:26Do you think there's a mental challenge for them in these situations to be at the top

03:33of the table?

03:34No, I think today was different.

03:35I think we had a different energy.

03:37What I felt is I felt more control from the team today than against Nottingham, if you want

03:43to compare both games.

03:45I think against Nottingham the energy wasn't there.

03:50Today was we dropped a little bit in the second half because we were comfortable during the

03:57game.

03:58It was not about the second place.

03:59Today was one play and then everything that happened, even before the first goal, Harry

04:05Maguire, Kasmir at the same time, a lot of problems, a lot of changes that can do something.

04:10But I think it was, again, one cross, one big opportunity from the opponent, they score

04:18and then everything was really, really hard to cope.

04:22We cope with everything and we managed to score.

04:25I know the immediate concern with Benjamin will be his injury, but he had two pretty good

04:30opportunities out there.

04:31Do you feel as though he's got a lack of confidence at home?

04:34No, I think that is not the biggest concern now.

04:39That happened in the same way that he was not scoring and then he scored in two goals in

04:45the next two games.

04:48So that happened, especially with a striker.

04:50I'm more concerned with an injury because he's in the knee and I don't know.

04:56And we need Ben to be a better team.

05:00Hi, Ruben.

05:01Mbumo, Ahmad and Mizrahi go away next month to African Nations.

05:06And we know that you struggle when Kasmir is off the pitch in terms of holding the game

05:09together.

05:10So do you think you need to add to the squad in January because you seem to be very limited

05:13to a small group of players that you rely upon right now?

05:16We have to check everything.

05:18We have to check what's happened with Ben.

05:21So, of course, we are going to have a problem there, but we already knew.

05:26Then you can prepare that in the summer.

05:30But then you have a lot of players that are not going to play because it's one game per week.

05:35So the manage of that situation is going to be hard.

05:39But let's see when the window is open, if we can improve the team in trying to repair something

05:44that happen until then, we have to take the chance.

05:48You'd like to?

05:49We'll see.

05:51Thank you, guys.

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