Ruben Amorim says Man Utd must ‘do better’ in one area after Bournemouth draw
Ruben Amorim’s side were held to a draw by ten-man Bournemouth (Picture: Getty) Ruben Amorim says his Manchester United team must improve their attacking creativity after they were held to a 1-1 draw by ten-man Bournemouth. It was another sluggish Premier League display from United, who almost fell to another defeat after Antonine Semenyo’s strike had put the Cherries ahead in the first half. United pushed for an equaliser after the break and were aided by the controversial sending off of Bournemouth striker Evanilson with 20 minutes to go. But still, Amorim’s side failed to find a breakthrough until the sixth minute of injury time when Rasmus Hojlund popped up with just his second league goal of the calendar year to rescue a point for the visitors. The result continues United’s meagre league form which has seen them win just one of their last seven games in the competition. Get personalised updates on Manchester United every day Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link so we can send you football news tailored to you. And Amorim was under no illusions that his team had plenty to work on in an attacking capacity if they were to turn around their fortunes before the end of the season. ‘I think [we deserved a point]. In the first half we suffered with their high-intensity press, but we created chances,’ the Portuguese coach told BBC Match of the Day. Manchester United have won just one of their last seven games in the Premier League (Picture: Getty) ‘We had quite similar chances near the box with a lot of shots. I think we deserved at least one point if you look at the game.’ ‘If you look at our last games, it’s always like this – we do something to help the opponent get an advantage. Then it’s really hard to score goals, but the players did really well to get at least one point. ‘We have the ability to push our opponents. There are small things I think we can do better. ‘We need to understand these moments better, but if you look at the 20 minutes [after Evanilson’s red card], we had situations to score, which is really important.’ Rasmus Hojlund’s late goal secured a point for United (Picture: Getty) Bruno Fernandes, meanwhile, said his team needed to have more anger out on the pitch to better replicate the intensity with which they train. ‘We need to be have more anger than the defenders to get the ball,’ the United captain told Sky Sports. ‘To get [the ball] first, you need to be focused in everything you do in training. That’s what we have to do from now on. We should have done it already and we’ve been doing it in training, but you need to do it in games. ‘Sometimes you get one chance and you score a goal, and sometimes you get 10 or 15 chances and don’t score. With the team we have, we need to get more bodies in the box, create more danger, be more active in the box, and outside the box be much more brave to take our chances.’ United face a quick turnaround as they travel to Spain for Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg against Athletic Bilbao. Asked about how Sunday’s clash would prepare them for the midweek game, Fernandes responded: ‘Both teams are very intense with very quick wingers who are very good in one-v-one. ‘We have time now to try and focus on what Athletic are going to do, but we have to focus on what we’re going to do.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Ruben Amorim says his Manchester United team must improve their attacking creativity after they were held to a 1-1 draw by ten-man Bournemouth.
It was another sluggish Premier League display from United, who almost fell to another defeat after Antonine Semenyo’s strike had put the Cherries ahead in the first half.
United pushed for an equaliser after the break and were aided by the controversial sending off of Bournemouth striker Evanilson with 20 minutes to go.
But still, Amorim’s side failed to find a breakthrough until the sixth minute of injury time when Rasmus Hojlund popped up with just his second league goal of the calendar year to rescue a point for the visitors.
The result continues United’s meagre league form which has seen them win just one of their last seven games in the competition.
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And Amorim was under no illusions that his team had plenty to work on in an attacking capacity if they were to turn around their fortunes before the end of the season.
‘I think [we deserved a point]. In the first half we suffered with their high-intensity press, but we created chances,’ the Portuguese coach told BBC Match of the Day.
‘We had quite similar chances near the box with a lot of shots. I think we deserved at least one point if you look at the game.’
‘If you look at our last games, it’s always like this – we do something to help the opponent get an advantage. Then it’s really hard to score goals, but the players did really well to get at least one point.
‘We have the ability to push our opponents. There are small things I think we can do better.
‘We need to understand these moments better, but if you look at the 20 minutes [after Evanilson’s red card], we had situations to score, which is really important.’
Bruno Fernandes, meanwhile, said his team needed to have more anger out on the pitch to better replicate the intensity with which they train.
‘We need to be have more anger than the defenders to get the ball,’ the United captain told Sky Sports.
‘To get [the ball] first, you need to be focused in everything you do in training. That’s what we have to do from now on. We should have done it already and we’ve been doing it in training, but you need to do it in games.
‘Sometimes you get one chance and you score a goal, and sometimes you get 10 or 15 chances and don’t score. With the team we have, we need to get more bodies in the box, create more danger, be more active in the box, and outside the box be much more brave to take our chances.’
United face a quick turnaround as they travel to Spain for Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg against Athletic Bilbao.
Asked about how Sunday’s clash would prepare them for the midweek game, Fernandes responded: ‘Both teams are very intense with very quick wingers who are very good in one-v-one.
‘We have time now to try and focus on what Athletic are going to do, but we have to focus on what we’re going to do.’
For more stories like this, check our sport page.
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