Ruben Amorim does not care what Arne Slot has to say about his Manchester United team after the Liverpool boss spoke of low blocks and long balls following last weekend’s Anfield encounter.
The Red Devils celebrated a first victory on enemy turf since 2016 as Harry Maguire’s late header sealed a 2-1 win shortly after Cody Gakpo had cancelled out Bryan Mbeumo’s early opener.
It was Liverpool’s fourth straight loss in all competitions and boss Slot said afterwards that “it is always difficult to play against a team that defends in a low block and mainly plays the long ball.”
But such comments are water off a duck’s back to Amorim, who had no interest in the Dutchman’s assessment.
“Liverpool is in the past, I don’t want to comment,” he said ahead of United’s home game against Brighton. “That is not important.
“Important is what Fabian [Hurzeler] said to try to understand what is going to happen [against Brighton].
“I understand everything. I am really pleased that the team can play different games.
“It was an important win, but I was the first one to say that we need to play better with the ball. So, I don’t care what Slot is saying, what people are saying about our team.
“I can evaluate my team and I am really clear that we should play better with the ball. We are going to try to do that in this game.”
Amorim was pleased by the way his side adapted to the circumstances and sealed a statement win against Liverpool.
It was the first time that United have won back-to-back Premier League games since the Portuguese arrived last November and there is hope it could prove the turning point of his reign.
“We are always talking about that but that connects with the other question about the way we face competition,” Amorim said of that possibility.
“If you just think about that – that we are going to try to perform and put everything on the field – that is the most important thing.
“So, sometimes when you talk too much about turning points, it’s worse. Let’s take it naturally.
“We’ve won two games. It’s no big deal, it should have come sooner. Let’s go for the next game.”
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