Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has given one purpose for head coach Ruben Amorim discovering his first month in cost “actually robust”.
39-year-old Amorim was appointed to exchange Erik ten Hag, who was sacked final month following United‘s depressing begin to the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
Man Utd didn’t have a definite fashion of play underneath Ten Hag, however this has been the case following Amorim’s arrival. There have been positives from his begin to life at Outdated Trafford, however they’ve suffered three straight defeats throughout all competitions.
The Red Devils are only eight points clear of the relegation zone after their 2-0 loss on Boxing Day towards Wolves as they sit 14th within the Premier League.
Former captain Maguire reckons it’s been “actually robust” for Amorim as a result of he’s not “are available in with an identical fashion” to Ten Hag.
“I feel it’s actually robust for the supervisor and his crew coming in as a result of it’s not like he’s are available in with an identical fashion to the outdated supervisor,” Maguire admitted.
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“They’re the alternative by way of what they demand and what they need, so it’s robust for them as a result of they know they need to work with the crew on the coaching pitch and enhance issues and the defending ideas and the set piece ideas.
“So it has been a tricky month with video games however once more we don’t need to use it as an excuse. This membership calls for profitable and in the intervening time we’re not. It’s not adequate for us and the followers.”
Maguire has additionally defined why he thinks rival Premier League golf equipment are “focusing on” Man Utd at “set-plays”.
“When it retains occurring, you’ll be able to’t actually put it all the way down to luck, but it surely’s robust to take that groups have scored twice from a nook,” Maguire added.
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“I feel the Tottenham one’s a foul, that’s fairly clear. I haven’t seen this one again.
“Typically, with set-plays you’ve received to carry your palms up and say you’ll be able to’t do a lot about it, however there’s others the place you’ve received to take a look at yourselves and enhance on it. I feel the Bournemouth one was robust – an excellent header, an excellent ball.
“Tonight, it’s disappointing to go all the way down to 10 males, not likely give them something, look actually stable within the second half, and to concede once more [like that], particularly the primary of the sport. Set-plays are so essential in soccer matches and so they resolve video games.
“A variety of the video games when they’re tight and 50-50 are determined with the primary purpose. The primary purpose has been a set-play far too many instances towards us, and it’s disappointing. How will we resolve it? Work extra on the coaching pitch.
“I feel groups now are perhaps focusing on our space of set-plays. The unusual factor is that I don’t really feel like we’re conceding many probabilities from them. They’ve had a couple of set-plays tonight and we’ve handled them very well after which they’ve gone and scored from one.
“I feel it’s about arduous work, maintain the idea and issues will change. We have now gamers who can defend the field properly. They’ll change; we’ve simply received to stay collectively.”