Amorim hails aggressive start

Ruben Amorim praised the aggressive start his Manchester United team made to Saturday’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over Chelsea.

The Reds earned a valuable three points at a rain-drenched Old Trafford, where both teams finished with 10 men, as Bruno Fernandes marked his 200th Premier League appearance with his 100th goal for United in all competitions.

Ruben gave credit to our captain and, although he acknowledged the early dismissal of Blues goalkeeper Robert Sanchez helped our cause, the boss felt the Reds were good value for what he described as an important victory.

Watch Amorim’s post-match interview with MUTV and read his comments to Sky Sports and BBC Match of the Day below…

POSITIVE START MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

“We started the game really well, really aggressive. We were so aggressive in the second balls. We had the sending off with Casemiro, we like to complicate our game always but it was a good da! I felt the urgency, of course the sending off helped us. We had to be more clinical to finish the game off sooner.”

HAPPY FOR BRUNO

“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.”

A VALUABLE 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.”

CASEMIRO UNDERSTANDS WHAT HE DID

“He’s [feeling] worse than me. We won, so I will forget a little bit and he will suffer because he’s a top professional. He understands what he did. He is experienced enough that that play should not be played like that. He cares too much.”

OUR FANS ARE WITH US IF WE GIVE EVERYTHING

“We suffered in the end but we deserved the win. Our crowd, our fans are easy to please. If you give everything, they will be there. That is something our players need to understand. To have the crowd with us, we just need to run, to fight and tackle. With this win, we have to forget the good feeling of winning the game and get back to the urgency of feeling we need to win the next game.”

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