Furious Amorim is settling in players and calls for “lack of emergency” after West Ham’s defeat
Ruben Amorim said that he and his Manchester United players should leave if they could not inject some urgency into their game.
United collapsed to another defeat with West Ham in difficulty winning 2-0 at Old Trafford this afternoon thanks to the goals of Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen.
The hosts were a lifeless bar, a late attack which failed to evoke a goal with the goalkeeper of the hammers Alphonse Areola in exceptional form.
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United Flops fight again
Amorim has made several modifications to the team that beat Bilbao athletic in the middle of the week, feeding United in the Europa League final against Tottenham, marginal players not impressively impressed.
He told Sky Sports: “If you look at the objectives we suffer, we can avoid these objectives. Lack of energy, emergency. This is the most dangerous thing of this club. You can feel it at the start of the game. Between our box and the opponent’s box, there is a lack of emergency. This is something we have to change in this club.
“I am responsible for this. It is frustrating because we are so close to the goals. We have such a lack of emergency to protect our goal. It’s week after week. We do not play so well in the Europa League, but we have a different feeling.
“This is something we need to work on. It is inside the land and outside the field. If we can’t do [that] We have to leave and give space to different people. All of us.
Our problems will not be solved by beating the spurs – Amorim
Amorim said that a victory over the Spurs in Bilbao on May 21 on the meshes of the net with United Sitting in 16th place in the Premier League after his 17th defeat of a miserable campaign.
He added: “We are going to face a team from the Premier League, so we will fight. Of course, we are going to be more concentrated, and this is a concern because we have to be concentrated in every match.
“For me, it doesn’t matter if we win the Europa League because the problems are much more important than that.”
Defender Leny Yoro drink against the Hammers, but Amorim suggested that it was not a problem that would prevent him from playing against Tottenham.
“He had this problem at the start of the season,” said the Portuguese. “We hope it’s not too serious. I don’t want to say too much, but it may not be a big problem.”
Potter delighted with late victory
West Ham Bos Graham Potter praised the desire of his players after ending a series of eight games without a victory.
He told the BBC match of the day: “Sometimes we talk a lot of performance as trainers, but the results are nice. We were in the middle of a really difficult race. Today was great in this regard. The players have done things very well. Good intelligence. They showed everything they needed to win a football match. An excellent day for all those involved with West Ham.
“You can talk about tactics, but it is desire and application and stay together. The player’s attitude and commitment to what we are trying to do were first class.
“We have the capacity. We just have to continue working. “
