Owen Hargreaves believes Ruben Amorim will have to change his Manchester United formation if they’re to get a result against Arsenal or other superior sides after their 3-2 victory over Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League on Thursday,

Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring inside the opening minute at Old Trafford but United found themselves behind in the 23rd minute before a double from Rasmus Hojlund ensured all three points for the Red Devils.

Amorim is famed for his 3-4-3 system and he again opted for his favoured formation, this time playing Manuel Ugarte and Bruno Fernandes in midfield with Mason Mount and Garnacho behind Hojlund.

But Hargreaves doesn’t think Amorim currently has the personnel to play two in midfield against the top teams ahead of their clash with Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday.

“I think they’ve got a lot of good players. Do they have the players capable of winning the Premier League or Champions League? Probably not. That’s going to take time to sort the recruitment out,” Hargreaves told TNT Sports.

“The most important thing is that they get results. Obviously Everton at the weekend is a tough game but at home you’d expect them [United] to win that game.

“Tough fixtures, especially the Arsenal one coming up after that, but they need to find a way to get results. Today they didn’t play brilliantly but they found a way to win the game which is the most important thing.

“I don’t think he has the personnel that he had at Sporting.

“I think if you’re going to play two in there [midfield], they need to be two super-athletes and cover the distances.

“I’m not sure they have that as such. I think they’ve got some really good players, different players but he might have to tweak it that maybe one of the No.10s drops in and one of the wing-backs gets a little bit higher for the width.

“But I think playing two in there against an Arsenal or a [Manchester] City, I think that’s going to be really, really difficult.

“I think it’s a work in progress, we need to be patient but we’re getting there.”

MORE MANCHESTER UNITED COVERAGE ON F365
👉 Hojlund can solve one big problem for Man United – and make fixing others easier too
👉 Ruben Amorim lauds ‘special’ Old Trafford feeling despite ‘doing nothing’ for Man Utd
👉 ‘Pretender’ Kylian Mbappe is the French version of Marcus Rashford

Hargreaves also believes Kobbie Mainoo, who is yet to feature in either of Amorim’s games as manager on his return from injury, will play a key role in United’s midfield going forward.

“It’ll be interesting to see what happens with Kobbie Mainoo, such a special young player, you’d think he’d kind of almost walk into that midfield,” Hargreaves said.

“Ugarte I thought played really well today, there are a lot of people who are going to get opportunities.

“It was nice to see Hojlund step up and score some goals. He’s a super talented young man, I think there’s so much potential in him and that’s the good thing about Ruben Amorim, he’s brilliant with young players, we saw what he did with Viktor Gyokeres, I’m sure he could do that with Rasmus Hojlund as well.

“There are so many different options to come. It’ll just be exciting to get [Leny] Yoro back fit, [Luke] Shaw back fit, [Noussair] Mazraoui plays amazing every time he plays, there’s a lot of potential here.”

Rasmus Hojlund was the hero as Manchester United beat Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the Europa League in Ruben Amorim’s first match at Old Trafford.

Tyrell Malacia returned to the starting XI for the first time in 550 days having struggled to recover from a knee injury.

New head coach Ruben Amorim also brought in Mason Mount, Antony, Lisandro Martinez, Manuel Ugarte and Rasmus Hojlund for his Old Trafford bow.

It got off to the perfect start when Manchester United took the lead through Alejandro Garnacho inside a minute.

Garnacho was there to pounce onto a tap-in after Rasmus Hojlund’s pressing led to a horrendous error from Bodo goalkeeper Nikita Haikin in his own six-yard box.

The visitors reacted well as they looked to exploit Ruben Amorim’s three-at-the-back system down the flanks.

MORE ON MAN UTD FROM F365
👉 ‘Pretender’ Kylian Mbappe is the French version of Marcus Rashford
👉 Ruben Amorim indulges in ‘loving’ SLAPS as Man Utd training session turns ‘bizarre’
👉 Danny Welbeck, Douglas Luiz among five stars who could re-sign for former PL clubs in January

They equalised with an absolute peach from the edge of the box after 19 minutes when Sondre Fet pulled the ball pack for Hakon Evjen’s peach of a left foot, curling the ball into the top corner past a stranded Andre Onana.

Bodo stunned the Red Devils soon after when Philip Zinckernagel outpaced Malacia and stuck the ball through Onana’s legs to put the Norwegian side 2-1 up.

Hojlund got United level before the break with a superb volley from an equally as impressive Noussair Mazraoui assist.

It was the Dane’s first goal since the manic 3-3 draw at FC Porto on October 3 and it was an important strike on the brink of half-time.

Malacia was taken off at the break, which was likely decided before a ball was kicked.

Hojlund scored his second of the evening within five minutes of the restart after a lovely United move, very narrowly staying onside to score what turned out to be the winning goal.

Garnacho came very close to doubling the hosts’ lead minutes later when breaking through on goal but his shot was well saved by Haikin.

Mount, Antony and Martinez lasted just under an hour in their first start under Amorim, being replaced by Marcus Rashford, Amad Diallo and Luke Shaw.

Onana was called into action outside his box, showing off his sweeper ‘keeper ability by tackling a Bodo attacker 25 yards from his goal.

His tackle kicked off a United counter attack, which ended by Garnacho hitting a good chance high and wide.

Onana was tested in the closing stages but United held on for Amorim to claim his first victory as head coach.

👉 READ NEXT: Guardiola on the move again after latest collapse as Martin and Lopetegui head Sack Race