Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has been giving his reaction to their massive win against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday.
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Amorim has been under severe pressure early in the season but this win is massive for him.
Here’s the latest Ruben Amorim reaction from Old Trafford.
Ruben Amorim reaction
“We started the game really well, really aggressive. We were so aggressive in the second balls,” Amorim told Sky Sports. “We had the sending off with Casemiro, we like to complicate our game always but it was a good day. I felt the urgency, of course the sending off helped us. We had to be more clinical to finish the game off sooner.”
On Bruno Fernandes scoring his 100th goal for United: “He has a great spirit, he is our captain and he scored a goal playing as a midfielder so I am really happy about that! People don’t have good things to say about our team so I am just joking around. I have nothing to say to the critics and most of the time they are right. Today we won and it is a good day for us.”
Was this the biggest home victory: “It is really important because I understand the situation around this club. We cannot forget that we suffer a lot when we are on top. We can lose against Grimsby, we can beat any team. I’m just thinking about the next one. It is really good to win. We need the urgency to win again, that is really important for us.”
On Amorim and Bruno proving critics wrong: “It’s nothing about that. People don’t have too many good things to say about our team and our results. I understand that, I’m just joking around all the time. I have nothing to say to the critics, they are right most of the time. But we won, and that’s a good thing for us.
“Our fans helped us a lot in every moment of the second half. They pushed us so back, of course we are in the moment that we want to win so bad so we go back a little bit. But we deserved the win, it’s just one win. And we need to think about the next one.
“It’s really important because I understand the environment around the team and the coach. This game was really important for that. It’s Manchester United winning a game at home, it’s just that. Three points. It’s trying to create the momentum. We cannot forget that we suffer a lot when we are not in the top, in our maximum in all aspects. We can lose against Grimsby, we can win against any team. We need to take that for the next week.
“I’m just thinking about the next one. Of course it’s really good to win, you can feel the environment in the dressing room. But forget that feeling. I prefer the other feeling now, because it will bring us the urgency to win again. That is really important again.”
Bruno Fernandes reaction
What the win meant: “Every three points is massive at this moment. We haven’t started the season as we wanted. Obviously. We go game by game. Today was massive. And the next one will be massive for us too.”
On his 100th goal for Manchester United and how important it was: “Every goal is important. Doesn’t matter the moment. Big moment for me. Reaching that milestone. Massive for a massive club. I am very happy. I will not hide from that. When I came to the club it was not something I wanted to achieve. I just wanted to do the best I could. If I can get more goals for the team to win games that is the most important thing.”
Luke Shaw reaction
On the importance of the win: “It was massive. We spoke a lot before the game about winning. The most important thing today was making sure we win and get the three points. I think you can see in the second half how desperately we wanted to get the win. We sat back and just took a lot of pressure from them. The lads and whole team defended well. We are really happy with three points.”
The intensity of the display: “I think so. Again, I feel like we started the game really well. Really sharp. Really physical. Put them under a lot of pressure in the first 5-10 minutes. That brings the mistake from them. We know we can punish teams more with the chances we’ve created. Today definitely defensively we were much better defending in the box. We are very pleased with that.”
On what it means in the context of the season: “The season is still early. We’ve shown a lot of good things this season apart from picking up points. We need to keep working hard, doing the things we’ve been doing. We will be okay. We are doing some really good things. For us the most important thing is how clinical we can be at one end of the box and how we deal with defending our box. That is the two main things we need to keep working hard and go from there.”
