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Ruben Amorim jokingly admitted that he is still struggling to come to terms with the media spotlight that comes with being Manchester United manager.
Amorim’s first game in charge was a largely underwhelming affair with the Red Devils splitting the points with Ipswich at Portman Road.
Marcus Rashford got his new manager off to a perfect start when he opened the scoring in the second minute but Omari Hutchinson’s brilliant strike levelled the scores with the game going on to finish 1-1.
Amorim joined Sky’s pundits after the game and discussed the differences between managing united and his former club Sporting Lisbon.
He said: ‘this week I spoke more to the media than I did in four years at Sporting. I just want to work with my players. Nothing more’.
‘My players were thinking too much in the game. You could feel it’.
Ruben Amorim says he’s already done more interviews at Man United than he did at Sporting
Amorim’s first game in charge didn’t go to plan as United drew 1-1 with Ipswich
Amorim had no complaints with regards to the effort of his new group of players but accepted it will take time to improve.
‘It is hard to expect anything now. It is like not a surprise but you have to see it in the game. That is why I was a little bit anxious, because you cannot understand what will happen in the game. I felt that,’ Amorim reflected.
‘What I understood today is that they are trying, they are really trying. They stay in the positions, they receive information and they try to use it in the game. That is very important.
‘Even in the difficult moments, I felt they were doing the things we said for them to do.
‘I know it is frustrating for the fans, but we are changing so much in this moment with a lot of games. We are going to suffer for a long period and we will try to win games. This will take time, but I know we have to win games.
‘We could lose if it was not (for) Onana. We have to understand that and think and be pragmatic that these guys had two days training to change so much.’
Amorim added: ‘We started very well but then we should have more possession with the ball.
‘When we make a new structure and you are so clear on that, they need time to have some fluidity in the game. I felt that but it is two trainings (sessions after the international break) and they did OK.’
Amorim spoke to Roy Keane and the rest of the Sky Sports team after Sunday’s match
‘The atmosphere, you are lucky guys,’ he said with a smile.
‘You have the best, by far, the best league in the world and you see this every weekend, but to tell you the truth, when the game started, it is the same thing since the (Portuguese) third division, I am so focused on the game and I am playing with my players inside the pitch.’
