Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has insisted he was not happy with elements of his side’s performance against Fulham but was ultimately happy that they secured all three points.
United beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage to move up to 12th place in the Premier League table.
Lisandro Martinez scored United’s only goal of the evening. The defender’s effort took a big deflection off Sasa Lukic to loop over a helpless Bernd Leno.
The Red Devils struggled to create clear-cut goalscoring opportunities and this is something Amorim took an issue with his in his post-match interview with TNT Sports.
The United head coach told the news outlet, “Really important to have this feeling away from home. Great support from our away fans. Not a great game and no great chances.”
“We tried to play our game, but we need to improve a lot. We hold the result in the end, and we closed the game – it is really important to win now.”
He said about the clean sheet, “Really important because clearly you are closer to winning games, and it gives you confidence. We didn’t suffer too much today and that is a good sign. We scored, and we move onto the next game.”
Amorim remarked about the lack of goals, “I think so, even in the second half we changed things and we lack some pace and power in front, but it is what it is.”
“We need to have more ball to have more chances. We struggle a lot in these details. Winning helps us a lot to improve.”
“Let’s take the feeling, but work really hard tomorrow – we need to win the next one.”
When asked whether United will do any business ahead of transfer deadline day on February 3, Amorim replied, “We have to be cautious. The rules here and you know that we have to follow the rules, we have made mistakes in the past and we cannot do it now.”
The 39-year-old heaped praise on the club’s away fans, who were magnificent as always.
“They deserve it. It is amazing and it is not normal. I know you guys are used to this environment here, but it is not normal. It is a big privilege to win for this club and give them wins. We want to give them wins and today we did it.”
Amorim also spoke to BBC and explained, “That feeling of winning and three points is really important for us. You cannot see a great improvement in the team and that is a fact. But to win helps us to improve. We’ve had some lack of luck in some games. Today, was not the best match but we managed to win.”
“The important thing is I have a clear idea of what I want to do. Sometimes I’m frustrated. We want to play a different style and we are going to play different style in the future.”
On Harry Maguire, “When we defend a little bit lower it’s really good on Harry – he doesn’t have to cover a lot of space.”
Amorim lauded Toby Collyer for his clearance off the line.
“He did it in practice one time. Toby saved our team today.”
United are back in action on Thursday when they face FCSB in the Europa League.
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