Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent consecutive to your inbox for free
Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free play newsletter
Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free play newsletter
I would for illustration to beryllium emailed astir offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy
Ruben Amorim vowed to reside Manchester United’s issues dealing pinch set-pieces and setbacks aft nerves sewage the amended of his broadside successful Sunday’s 3-0 location humbling by high-flying Bournemouth.
A week aft the memorable comeback derby triumph astatine rivals Manchester City, boos greeted the last whistle pursuing a nonaccomplishment that near the Red Devils marooned successful 13th spot successful the Premier League.
The caput coach’s property convention was past concisely interrupted by a leak from the media-room ceiling.
United will walk Christmas successful the bottommost half for the first clip since 1989 aft the Cherries followed up past season’s historical first Old Trafford triumph pinch a triumph by the aforesaid scoreline.
Once again set-pieces unsteadied Amorim’s men, pinch Dean Huijsen guiding location a first-half free-kick earlier Bournemouth completed a triumph done a Justin Kluivert punishment and Antoine Semenyo’s onslaught successful speedy succession aft the break.
“Without conceding thing (sic) to the force and past 1 set-piece makes america much nervous, each the stadium,” Amorim said aft United’s costly set-piece struggles continued.
“I felt it since the first minute, there’s a batch of anxiety. That’s normal because of the discourse and it’s really disappointing.
“Then create a batch of chances to people and past again against for illustration Tottenham, they people 2 goals and it’s really hard. After that 3rd extremity everyone is suffering successful the stadium – the fans, the players, everybody.
“It’s a reliable infinitesimal but we person to look it and hole for the adjacent game.”
Head coach Amorim took work for the “difficult moment” arsenic United refocus connected the Boxing Day travel to a Wolves broadside buoyed by their 3-0 triumph astatine Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester.
“It’s my work to coach them,” the 39-year-old Portuguese said.
“Of people we want to amended and successful this moment, everything is truthful (much) harder. A nine for illustration Manchester United to suffer 3-0 astatine home, it’s really reliable for everybody.
“Of people the fans are really disappointed and tired of this moment. You tin consciousness it successful the stadium, moreover successful the first play, and I understand that, but we person to look it and we cognize what to do. We person to amended set-pieces.
“I deliberation we are not giving the shot distant arsenic overmuch arsenic we do. We power amended the game, we don’t concede a batch of spaces, transitions we power very good against 1 squad that’s 60 per cent of the goals they people erstwhile they bargain the shot successful our half.
“We managed to do that but past successful the set-pieces, 1 punishment and past that infinitesimal wherever we person to hide the context, everything and support the shot for a infinitesimal and not effort and people 2 goals correct away.
“It’s a really reliable infinitesimal and we person to understand what the players are reasoning successful that moment, erstwhile you suffer a 2-0, erstwhile you make a penalty, erstwhile the container is controlled.
“We will reside that, we person to reside that. It’s really reliable for everybody to suffer these types of games.”
While United stumble, Bournemouth will walk the festive play 5th aft a superb triumph that saw their travelling fans singing astir European qualification arsenic a dream run continues.
Impressive Cherries caput coach Andoni Iraola said: “I deliberation now (in) the standings everything is very close.
“I worth the points. We person 28 points and these will not vanish but they are not capable for anything.
“We person to adhd a batch of points still, truthful we spell week by week, crippled by game, and now focusing connected (Crystal) Palace, Fulham a small bit.
“But I don’t deliberation now truthful early it makes consciousness to look overmuch to the standings.”
Asked astir the supporters’ chants astir a European tour, he said: “I deliberation they person to bask it a batch because usually it doesn’t hap a batch of times that you travel to these stadiums.
“I’ve travel arsenic a subordinate and it’s difficult to person this benignant of result, truthful evidently we person to enjoy, they person to enjoy.
“But we cognize really overmuch it costs to triumph 1 Premier League game, conscionable 1 against anyone.
“To triumph 1 Premier League crippled is very, very difficult, truthful we person to proceed the aforesaid measurement different the results will beryllium overmuch worse, for sure.”