Isn’t the Rúben in the process of being Mourinhized?
Four days after a victory for Red Devils in a crazy end to the match at the Etihad Stadium (1-2), Manchester United were eliminated from the League Cup on Thursdayduring an equally crazy meeting on the Tottenham pitch (4-3). If United never seemed able to win, even falling behind by three goals during the game, his coach Rúben Amorim seemed frustrated with such a scenario : « We disconnected at the start of the second half, it was a complicated moment. If you look at the whole match, we were the better team but Tottenham were more clinical. We lost tonight but the fight put up by the guys was really good for me “, he analyzed on Sky Sports microphone after the meeting.
“We had possession »
A direct corner from Son (88e) annihilating any hope of a comeback for the Mancunians, despite Evans’ late score reduction (90e+4), the Portuguese technician nevertheless wanted retain the positive from such a match : « We were dominant and we had possession. The problem was not the last pass but the finishing gesture […] We are making progress. Our goal is to win the PL, how long that will take, I don’t know ».
Finally asked about the future of his striker Marcus Rashfordannounced with insistence on the departure of the club, Amorim preferred not to argue: “ Tomorrow we have training, Marcus will be there to prepare to play the next match. He’s a Manchester United player, everyone here has a future in this team ».
Not the first time we hear from the Red Devils « to have had possession ».
After a crazy second period, Tottenham ejects MU from the League Cup
