"It will break something" - Amorim explains surprising decision vs. Forest

Manchester United caput manager Ruben Amorim has explained wherefore helium decided against attacking changes during Saturday's Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.

The Red Devils led 1-0 astatine the City Ground courtesy of a header from Casemiro, but they fell 2-1 down aboriginal successful the 2nd period, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolo Savona scoring 2 quick-fire goals.

At 2-1 down, Amorim decided to bring connected Patrick Dorgu and Noussair Mazraoui, with Kobbie Mainoo, Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee remaining connected the bench.

When asked astir his determination aft the match, the Man United brag told reporters: "Bringing connected much attackers doesn't needfully mean you'll play better. [Diogo] Dalot had respective opportunities to cross, but helium was connected his weaker foot, hence the prime of Dorgu.

"We [Mazraoui] are full-backs, truthful we tried to utilise the players' strengths. We person prime connected the bench, but I deliberation if I halt the crippled excessively often, it volition interruption something.

Forest 2-2 Man United: Amad scored precocious stunner successful gully astatine the City Ground

"I deliberation we were gaining momentum successful the 2nd half. I didn't privation to alteration the forwards. Amad could person done better. Sometimes, you conscionable hold for a subordinate who's a spot disconnected his crippled to alteration things. He managed to score.

"Josh [Zirkzee] is simply a spot similar [Matheus] Cunha successful playing betwixt the lines. If you look astatine the game, we needed a feline successful the container and Benjamin [Sesko] is the champion for that. Sometimes it's a question of characteristics and the players cognize that.”

Amad Diallo's superb precocious volley yet earned Man United a point, with the 20-time English champions stretching their unbeaten tally successful the Premier League to 4 matches.

The Red Devils are presently 5th successful the Premier League table, picking up 17 points from their 10 matches, which has near them 1 constituent down second-placed Bournemouth.

"We had 5 minutes wherever we disconnected and conceded 2 goals. We dropped the vigor level, the aggression and you tin consciousness it. But we scored and tried to triumph the game. Let's enactment to triumph adjacent week.

"For me, we mislaid 2 points and we should person done better. Now, we cognize however to flooded the hard moments. What we person to bash is enactment successful the game.”

When are Man United adjacent successful action?

Man United volition beryllium aiming to instrumentality to winning ways successful the Premier League erstwhile they caput to North London adjacent Saturday to tackle Tottenham Hotspur.

The club's lack from the Champions League and EFL Cup means that they volition not play successful a contention different than the Premier League until the 3rd circular of the FA Cup successful January.

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