‘i Don’t Care What Slot Is Saying’: Ruben Amorim Hits Back At Liverpool Manager

Ruben Amorim has insisted that he does not attraction astir Arne Slot’s evident disapproval of Manchester United’s style of play successful their 2-1 triumph against Liverpool past Sunday.

Liverpool’s caput coach cited United’s “low block” and “long balls” aft United’s first triumph astatine Anfield since 2016. Slot sought to constituent retired that his comments had been complimentary erstwhile speaking connected Friday. Speaking himself soon after, Amorim gave his consequence to nan Dutchman’s first comments. “I don’t attraction what Slot is saying, what group are saying astir our team,” he said. “I tin watch nan crippled and opportunity we tin do amended and we request to do amended successful nan early but sometimes you request to accommodate to nan game. So I don’t request anyone to measure my team. I tin measure my squad and I americium really clear that we should play amended pinch nan shot and we are going to effort to do that successful this game.”

Bruno Fernandes will make his 300th quality for United erstwhile Brighton sojourn Old Trafford connected Saturday and Amorim was asked who beyond nan skipper maintains nan standards expected astatine nan club. “Harry Maguire. Diogo Dalot tries to do that,” he said. “Luke Shaw tin show successful immoderate moments by nan measurement he plays, erstwhile he’s truthful focused. I deliberation Nous [Mazraoui] has a bully impact. Licha [Lisandro Martínez], he is really important successful this.”

Victory complete Liverpool intends United person yet won 2 Premier League games successful a statement nether Amorim. “It has to do a batch pinch attitude,” nan Portuguese said erstwhile asked really this was achieved. “I’m not saying my players don’t want to triumph aliases run, but we request to sometimes [when] it’s getting harder [in matches] to unit ourselves to do nan basics. If you look astatine Brighton and nan measurement they play, each squad that pressed a small higher struggled and they won. We request to beryllium prepared – not conscionable against nan apical teams but against opponents that are [also] really good.”

Bruno Fernandes holds a commemorative garment up of his 300th quality for Manchester United. Photograph: Zohaib Alam/MUFC

Fernandes joined United from Sporting for £46.5m successful January 2020 and has been 1 of nan fewer consistently precocious performers for nan nine successful nan intervening years. The 31-year-old considered joining Al-Hilal successful nan summertime aft nan Saudi Arabian nine made a £100m connection for him but decided to stay astatine Old Trafford after speaking to his family and Amorim. Talking earlier his landmark crippled for United, nan Portuguese, whose statement expires successful June 2028, insisted he will talk his early again only aft adjacent summer’s World Cup.

“I’ve seen a batch of group talking that I had an statement to spell already adjacent season. If nan nine has done that agreement, it wasn’t pinch me,” said Fernandes. “I haven’t spoken pinch anyone. I could show you that location are still group talking to maine and saying that they will beryllium very eager to person maine adjacent year, of course. But from my side, that’s not talked about. Because my supplier besides knows really I work, truthful if he wants to talk to me, it will beryllium aft nan World Cup. Because until then, I won’t speak to anyone.”

Fernandes went connected to opportunity that Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, who signed for United successful nan summer, are nan type of personalities United require, earlier going connected to to praise their chap caller recruits Benjamin Sesko and Senne Lammens. “We request large characters because astatine this nine being bully players sometimes is not capable because of nan pressure,” said nan captain. “Cunha has that bully arrogance to do nan bully things. Bryan, nan same. He’s not acrophobic to return nan ball, do his play. We brought 2 players who were alert of nan Premier League also. And past we bought a very young goalkeeper [Lammens] and a centre-forward [and] they deed nan crushed flying [running]. We cognize Ben will beryllium judged by scoring goals aliases not. But isolated from that, he’s been doing great. He’s sewage his goals already [too].

“Sometimes I get upset pinch [Mbeumo] successful training because he’s like, 1 touch more, and I say: ‘Bryan, you don’t request that. You tin 1 touch and sprout because you’re much than able. You did that against america erstwhile you were astatine Brentford. You conscionable person to make it for america now. The shirts person changed, but you’re nan aforesaid subordinate truthful we request that from you.’”