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RUBEN AMORIM lost his cool during a sloppy first half for Manchester United against Everton.
The Red Devils boss fumed at several United stars and took no prisoners when players were not following his instructions.
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He had a positive influence on his players with Marcus Rashford scoring twiceGettyFirst Amorim blasted Joshua Zirkzee for being out of position to press, with Casemiro and Matthijs de Ligt also coming under fire.
Minutes later he was back at it, ordering Alejandro Garnacho and Mason Mount to warm up after his side allowed Everton to play the ball into the United half.
However his moaning paid off as his players quickly bucked up their ideas and opened the scoring through Marcus Rashford in the 34th minute.
A few minutes later it was 2-0 with Zirkzee bagging his first goal since the opening day of the season.
United also came racing out of the blocks at half-time with Rashford scoring after just 20 seconds.
Zirkzee then added his second to round off a 4-0 win following good work from Amad, who won the ball from his quick pressing before feeding his team-mate to slot past the keeper.
Rashford praised the system Amorim has introduced, claiming it makes the Red Devils more unpredictable.
He said post-match: “It’s fun for us to learn something new. We feel stronger in this system.
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Amorim needs A LOT of time on training pitch to fix Man Utd... unfortunately he won't get it, writes Charlie Wyett
IN theory at least, the only way is up for Manchester United, writes Charlie Wyett.
We are nearly a third of the way through this Premier League season and it is still staggering to see United lurking in 12th place.
They have managed just four wins with a goal difference of 0. Only Everton, Crystal Palace and Southampton have scored less.
It is certainly not a false position and a point at Ipswich illustrated the massive job that Ruben Amorim faces.
United’s fans sang the name of their new manager throughout the game.
They also gave the players rapturous applause on the final whistle and although this was an improvement on some of the performances this season, the bar has been set pretty low.
The club’s optimistic supporters will see that their team is only six points off the top four. Ultimately, though, it is difficult to see United even reaching last season’s final position of eighth as they look worse.
United’s patched-up defence will improve – and a three-man formation at the back will help them – but you have to wonder where the goals are going to come from. Marcus Rashford struck after 81 seconds and then went missing for the rest of his 68 minutes on the pitch.
Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee were also introduced in that double change midway inside the second half but added absolutely nothing. What a terrible couple of signings they have proved to be and United’s fans would swap both of them for Ipswich’s Liam Delap.
Amorim did not celebrate the Rashford goal and paced around his technical area throughout looking uneasy.
Each time there was a break in play, he called over players for instructions.
Alejandro Garnacho headed over to the touchline on a couple of occasions while there were also words for Diogo Dalot, Casemiro and Jonny Evans.
Amorim, a manager with infectious enthusiasm, will be hopeful he can get his message across to all of the players in the next few weeks.
But the problem for the Portuguese coach is that this was the first of 10 games in the space of 33 days.
What he really needs are spells on the training ground without a midweek game but he does not have that luxury.
“Other teams don’t know what to expect from us. We can change a lot with our personnel for different games.
“The energy is what we want from Old Trafford.”
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