MANCHESTER, England: The new head coach of Manchester United, Ruben Amorim was happy and excited with the fans’ response to his presence at the English Premier League (EPL) giant club when his team won 3-2 over Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League action early this morning.
Amorim’s first action in charge was a 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town in an EPL away match last Sunday.
“Half of the stadium doesn’t know me, I came from Portugal and haven’t done anything for this club yet. But the way they welcomed me made me feel at home and it’s something special,” he said.
“I will keep these wonderful memories for the rest of my career.”
However, Amorim, who accepted United’s offer after previous manager Erik ten Hag was sacked due to poor performance, considered his men’s performance to be a roller-coaster ride.
Striker Rasmus Hojlund scored twice to secure their second win of the Europa League campaign after Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring within a minute.
“Of course, I see what everyone sees, good moments, difficult moments,” Amorim told TNT Sports.
“There was confusion at the end of the match trying to defend the advantage but the players did a good job. They ran, they pressed, they tried to do what we tried to implement in the last three days and we won.
“Yes, it’s like you’re riding a roller-coaster. We started well, but then we were punished with two goals in two moves. I like the way the players tried to play our style of play,” he said.
“Sometimes we win the ball and we had problems before because we gave the ball away too much to the opposition – in the mind of having to control the ball. They really tried and I think we deserved to win.”