Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim believes his side performed well at the City Ground despite a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night. Former United midfielder Anthony Elanga
scored the only goal of the game after five minutes. United had
more possession throughout but failed to convert any chances, with Diogo Dalot hitting the post in the first half and Harry Maguire’s late effort blocked by Murillo on the line. After the game, Amorim
urged his players to put their frustrations behind them and prepare for Sunday’s big showdown with Manchester City at Old Trafford.
“I thought we controlled the game well but we know Forest are a team that can score goals when they don’t expect it and when they took the lead we played them a little bit,” Amorim said.
“We had some good chances. But the final touch – whether it’s a cross, a pass or an assist – is not good enough. If you don’t do that, you don’t score. “
It’s been like this all season. We tried our best. We had a lot of chances, we forced them into the final third, but we lacked quality in the final third. “
I thought overall we played okay, controlled the game, but conceding a goal from a counter-attack after a set-piece was something we shouldn’t have missed. We knew Forest are dangerous in the attack with their through balls and second balls, and we conceded that goal and it made the game much more difficult. “
Of course, it’s always frustrating when you lose, especially when you should have scored more from the game. It’s even more frustrating because we didn’t lose because they were better than us. They weren’t better today, so it’s frustrating.”
Amorim chose to bring Maguire up front towards the end of the game, to break down the opposition’s defence, but it didn’t work.
“If you look at the game in the last 15 minutes, Forest had six men in the penalty area, so we had to put more players in the box. “Because we can’t get into the box with the ball,” หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล added the Portuguese boss.
“Harry Maguire is very good in the air in the opposition box and when he gets into the opposition box he becomes a striker, not a defender, so we need players who are good in the box and he’s probably the best at that.”