He had his reasons, but it looked to have cost his side their best chance of a result at the Etihad, as Manchester United longed for some element of threat as they trailed in the second half.
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While United were the better team for large swatches of the encounter, they lacked a cutting edge, with Amad’s sashaying runs their only outlet.
The visitors were able to remain within touching distance of the champions due to a continued lack of energy.
But United still needed life. Fortunately for Amorim, his go-to cavalryman came to the rescue once more.
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Against Everton in Amorim’s first home league game in charge, two of United’s four goals came as a direct result of Amad forcing errors from defenders. Unheard of around these parts.
All too often, Garnacho cuts inside and goes for goal, at the expense of a better option either side of him. Rashford looks ready to rekindle the fire one week, back to his disinterested, petulant self the next. Amorim, it seems, won’t stand for either.
Instead, a penalty won out of nothing, converted by Fernandes, and a winner that again Amad had no right to get ahead of Ederson showed just what it takes to be a success under a manager who will not stand for anything less than top effort. In all elements of his players’ lives.
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