New Delhi: Ruben Amorim suggested that he will “stick” to the principles following his side Manchester United’s 12th loss in the Premier League this season, following a 1-0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur that leaves them 15th in the table. James Madison, the scorer at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, scored in the 13th minute of the game to take their first home win since beating Aston Villa in November.
Returning from injury goalkeeper Lillywhites Guglielmo Vicario made a brilliant save to deny Alejandro Garnacho from the equaliser in the second half. The loss means the injury-hit United are now just 12 points away from the relegation zone, giving them the most number of losses after 25 games since their 1974 relegation.
Ruben Amorim’s take on Man United’s loss
Still, Amorim didn’t criticise the team’s effort that has been hit by injuries of Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Amad Diallo. However, Amorim accepted that the team needed to turn their results around soon. The Portuguese head coach felt that they will “learn” as they progressed but they wouldn’t back down.
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Amorim confessed that the loss would hurt the side and while he had many problems in his “job” he was still going to continue with the process he believes in. For now, Amorim felt that rather than focusing on the bigger picture United needed to move step by step and focus on the next game first, and hoped to finish the season well.
For United, only Victor Lindelof had made a first-team appearance amongst his substitutes in the bench which made Amorim admit that losing three key players had made their situation worse. Amorim mentioned that they had tried to train at the start of last week but they kept losing players to losing players. The 40-year-old coach felt that it wasn’t the reason that the Red Devils lost the game as many teams were in a similar situation.
Before the gam,e many Spurs supporters had gathered for a protest against chairman Daniel Levy which had been organised by the Change for Tottenham action group. However, after the game, the planned sit-in protest received far less number of fans. Lillywhite’s manager Ange Postecoglou felt the fans charged the team and helped the side win and move to 12th place.
The Australian coach admitted that while their performances so far weren’t acceptable, however, the win against United would help their process of climbing the table and improving themselves.
Tottenham’s Maddison later on admitted that Roy Keane’s criticism had made him charged up for the game. After scoring his goal, the 28-year-old celebrated by putting his finger to his lips. Former United captain Keane had questioned Maddison’s capability to revive the team pointing out that “he got relegated with Leicester” and the same was going to happen at Tottenham as well.
Maddison later told Sky Sports that he was trying to ignore “the outside noise” going on to say that no one was critical of his performance than himself and that with players suffering a lot of injuries, it was good that a player on comeback could take the pressure of others, especially the ones who had turned up for a game after every three days.
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