Ruben Amorim on Utd's 4-0 Everton win
01/12/2024
Old Trafford, Manchester, UK
01/12/2024
Old Trafford, Manchester, UK
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00:00Obviously, Xherxe and Rashford will get the headlines for their goals, but I just wanted
00:25to see everything that you will want in the player moving forward.
00:55So we have to also manage that to increase his physical ability.
01:03You spoke in your first press conference about having to lift some of the players mentally because of what they've gone through at the start of the season.
01:09It's been quite a difficult start. Joshua Xherxe's career here hasn't played probably as much as it's helped.
01:15Is that something you've worked on? Obviously, he's scored twice today, it's fantastic for him.
01:19But have you felt that you needed to lift his confidence a little bit since you've been here?
01:22First thing, I need all the players to cope with all the games. He's one of them.
01:28I just try to help my players put them in a good position for their characteristics.
01:36I think today was really hard. It will be really hard even for Rasmus to fight with the two central backs of Everton.
01:46So we try to push them to a position that they are not so comfortable.
01:53Josh did a great job, scored two goals. It's always important for the confidence, but more important than that is the performance.
02:01He fought in every situation, so it was a good day for him and for our team.
02:10Congratulations on the results. Three goals now that you've scored almost directly from kick-off.
02:16Is that something you work on in training or try and instil in the guys in the dressing room?
02:20No, I'm just really, really lucky. I'm really, really lucky.
02:26No, we just want to play well because it's better to start the game by scoring.
02:33But if you look at these three games, all the decisive moments were for us, and you have to acknowledge that.
02:42Today, we started very well, but then we lost control of the game.
02:46We were following the ball without any possession after the 15 minutes, but then we scored in the set-pieces play.
02:54So that was a key point for us. Then, near half-time, we scored again.
02:59Then, in the first play again, we scored the third goal.
03:03So we have to acknowledge that. In the right moments, in these three games, we scored goals.
03:08On Thursday, I think we controlled very well the ball and the possession.
03:14Today, we had some difficulties after the 15 minutes, and we had some possessions just to keep the ball, not to be so dangerous.
03:23But let's see. Three games without training, they did a great job.
03:29So this victory is more from the players than the coach.
03:33Neil?
03:34Ruben, you said on Friday that Rashford needed to want it. Was that an example of him wanting it today?
03:45Yeah, he can do so much. So he has to continue to improve.
03:50He has the ability to do it. He already proved that.
03:55But he can play so much better than the other guys.
03:59So it was a good performance. Tomorrow he has to recover and start thinking about Arsenal.
04:06Jamie?
04:07Hi, Ruben. You're 19 points down, you're four or five points away from the top four.
04:12Is it at least challenging for a Champions League player to try and aim for the great Manchester United?
04:19I understand that. It's hard for me if I say no, you will say that I cannot be a Manchester United player.
04:25But I want to be a player. No, coach. I want to be honest with our fans.
04:29So let's focus on the performance, not the results.
04:32So we'll see in the end. In the end, I said this many times, I will be judge about the place that we finish. I know that.
04:41But let's focus just on the next game and look at the performance.
04:46Sometimes we play, we had like in Thursday was a 3-2, but I think we deserve more.
04:52Today was a 4-0. I think Everton deserve more also.
04:56So let's focus on the performance. Congratulations to the lads.
05:00Let's rest, recover and think about Arsenal.
05:03Last two, Mark and Pete.
05:05Ruben, you just spoke there a bit about why you picked Joshua over Rasmus today.
05:10Is there going to be a point where you're going to have a first choice, centre forward?
05:15And what does that look like in the Ruben Amarim system?
05:17Because the two players have very different skill sets.
05:20So what is it that you're looking for?
05:23We want always two players with sometimes with different characteristics for changing the game.
05:30But of course, in the future, we will have a structure or a base more clear in the team.
05:36And that is normally in every big teams.
05:39But we start this job now and now we have a lot of games.
05:43And we are changing some details in training.
05:46The load is different. I'm not saying it's better or worse. It's different.
05:50The games, the way we play is different.
05:52Sometimes we have more pressure and we have to make bigger distance running.
05:59So we have to cope with that. We have a lot of players returning from injury.
06:03Kobe Mane was a little bit of a risk because he's supposed to play just 60 minutes.
06:10News was clearly in difficulties.
06:13Luke Shaw wants to play really more.
06:17But we have to control. So we are in that moment.
06:20So we have to rotate the team.
06:22But in the future, we will have a different system.
06:27Or you can see more starting 11, as you want.
06:33Hi, Ruben. Two more goals as a result of pressing defenders into mistakes today.
06:38How impressed are you that the players have taken this message on board already?
06:42I think all the teams have to have this moment of pressing.
06:47To understand what is the type of player in the opponent that has the ball.
06:54In which situation is the best time to press.
06:58And they are smart players. So we try to help them.
07:01But then are the players that have to run to understand the moment.
07:05To be ready to sometimes get tired and suffer a little bit on the pitch.
07:09So I'm very happy with that.
07:11Is this what you meant by the overthinking thing you said before?
07:14Is it a matter of we need to press further?
07:17That's the first thing that comes into our mind.
07:19Our opposition has got the ball. We need to press further.
07:21We have to tell them sometimes when to start the pressure.
07:26Everybody has the same mentality.
07:28The ball is going there. So this is the right moment to press.
07:33We try that for every game.
07:36But you can see that Everton after 15 minutes changed the position.
07:41And Gaea was putting near the line of the centre-backs.
07:48And it was difficult for us to cope with that because we don't have training.
07:51And you cannot adapt like that.
07:55So we are trying and the players are believing that in the right moments we can press.
08:01And we can win the ball.