Amorim: United supporters are amazing

Manchester United take on Ipswich at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening and Ruben Amorim insists he doesn’t feel pressure at home because of the fantastic support.

Results at Old Trafford have been poor since the new manager took charge but he’s hoping for a turnaround this week.

Since I arrived, when I took the job, I expect to win all the games at home and you have that feeling. I don’t feel the pressure, I don’t feel it. Like again, the supporters are amazing. I don’t feel it. Every time you go to one game at Old Trafford, you feel the support until the end. Sometimes, you have one play sometimes in one half and sometimes you feel like the supporters want this so bad, so I don’t feel the pressure and we have to stop thinking about the last games. It can be a new game, it can be a new story, so let’s go forward and play the game.

After an incredibly disappointing first half showing away to Everton at the weekend, United put in a much more impressive display in the second half to bring the game back to a draw from 2-0 down. Amorim has reflected on what happened.

It’s hard, it’s hard when we see the game. I know, you know guys, and even the players know that we had a lack of intensity. We improve, not a lot, in the second half but the small things – of second balls, we didn’t lose so many possessions without any pressure. We were more aggressive, even when we defend and when we are with the ball. We changed a little bit of the energy that we play football with, so I understand all the critics. If you watch the game you have to accept it and try to change that.