“Disappointed, angry, that’s all.”
Ruben Amorim expressing his feelings in his first reply to the post-match press conference Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham On Thursday.
But he could speak for the entire United fanbase, including those who criticized his team at Old Trafford.
He was undoubtedly speaking for former captain Roy Keane, who used similar terminology to express his feelings about the current United team.
“The word everyone will be using is frustration,” Keane told Sky Sports at the end of another game. United made a significant leap into the Premier League late on, finishing with but a point.
“I wouldn’t trust or rely on this team. (They) have more goals but there are still big question marks defensively and in midfield.”
Amorim seemed unusually agitated as he spoke his words, although he insisted he was calm.
He said there would be no repeat of his outburst following the home defeat to Brighton in January, when he cut his hand and broke a TV in the dressing room.
Instead, he will wait and address Carrington’s situation on Friday, believing it is counterproductive to talk to his players when emotions are still high surrounding the game.
However, Amorim knew what had gone wrong.
He knew why his team failed to hold on to the second-half lead given by Diogo Dalot.
And he knew why Soungoutou Magassa made the quickest response to Noussair Mazraoui’s goal-line clearance with a flicked header from Jarrod Bowen’s corner to score his first goal in English football in the 83rd minute.
West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo said it was a “deserved” chance for the team to get a “deserved” equalizer against the side who sit third in the table, having just two points on the road since their only away win. nottingham forestin August.
“It happened with a long ball,” Amorim said. “He won on the second ball against three guys.
“Second balls are sometimes tactical things. We try to adjust to the players we have.”
“In the last minutes, the ball was away from the opponent. We cannot give a corner to a team that is so much taller than us.”
The problem for Amorim is that a pattern is developing.
Keane highlighted this by saying: “One minute, you think they’re making progress, they might get fifth, but they don’t get the job done. They look terrified to get the job done.”
But nottingham forest On 1 November, victory would have taken United into second place. They were leading and needed an equalizer to equalise. A week later, he had the same goal at Tottenham and the result was also the same, the equalizer coming in stoppage time.
Immediately after the international break, a Champions League place was offered if a win could be achieved. evertonThey lost by 10 players on home ground,
Now this, seven minutes off fifth place. They are back in eighth place among the top 11 clubs by four points. No one knows whether they are good, average or poor.
There is general consensus that United have made progress, although from last season’s 15th place finish, having spent over £200 million, this may not be so difficult.
In October, United won three consecutive games and Amorim was manager of the month. Now their sequence is one win out of five. The worrying thing is that they are going backwards.
Amorim reject that notion.
“It’s not going backwards,” he said.
“We had our moments. It can happen.”
“You were talking about when we were successful and (saying) we were perfect, when we weren’t. We’re inconsistent.
“If you look at the goal, it’s a long ball after 83 minutes and we have everything under control. We have to perform better.”
United take on bottom club Wolves on Monday. Once again, they will be playing the final game of the Premier League match round, and once again they will have a target to aim for, although it is becoming less so with each failure.
They surely won’t fail again against a team that hasn’t beaten anyone?