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Ruben Amorim suffered his first defeat as Manchester United supervisor in opposition to Arsenal this week with the Gunners scoring twice within the second half to safe the factors in entrance of residence help.
Regardless of trying extra stable defensively from open play, United struggled to make an impact in attacking areas and barely troubled David Raya within the Arsenal aim.
United have regarded extra structured of their build-up because the arrival of Amorim however translating that to the large video games can be key to the success of the brand new head coach.
Former United defender Rio Ferdinand spoke on the attacking gamers in Amorim’s squad and questioned what number of of them go well with the Portuguese coach’s fashion of play.
As reported by the Manchester Evening News, talking after the sport, by way of social media, Ferdinand says the qualities of the present crop may result in them struggling to search out their greatest type within the new system.
“I fear about whether or not the gamers that we’ve got can match into what Amorim needs,” he stated.
“You take a look at Garnacho and also you take a look at Rashford. Can they match into an inside ahead place and is that actually the place they will excel?”
Ferdinand continued, claiming Antony “hasn’t proven he matches within the system” and questioned “the place does Zirkzee match?”
Rasmus Hojlund appears to be like probably the most snug on the level of United’s assault and can hope to thrive beneath the brand new regime.
Rio requested whether or not the Dane is able to delivering what’s required to play the function with Amorim’s former striker at Sporting, Viktor Gyokeres sharing comparable qualities.
“Rasmus Hojlund. Is he going to be our [Viktor] Gyokeres, is he going to be the man we will play by?” requested Ferdinand.
The previous England man concluded by stating there’s main enchancment to be completed in attacking areas with the workforce failing to essentially lay a glove on Arsenal on Wednesday.
“I feel there’s extra work to be completed and extra urgently within the ahead areas as a result of we don’t appear to have the cohesiveness up there,” he added.
Amorim has loads of matches within the coming weeks to construct confidence within the entrance males with the video games coming thick and quick in December.
Subsequent up for United is the go to of this season’s shock bundle, Nottingham Forest, to Outdated Trafford on Saturday.
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