Ruben Amorim tore into his Manchester United players yet again for their performance against Grimsby, saying he was shocked by what he saw.
Coach's positivity crushed by cup lossHe said players still haunted by the pastExplained his emotional response to defeatFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
The coach had raised eyebrows after saying his players' performance at Blundell Park "spoke really loud" and that "the best team won, the only team that was on the pitch" even after United had battled back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 and take the game to a penalty shootout. But he refused to back down from it two days later and explained why he had felt so disappointed.
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"I was not surprised, I was shocked in the last game, I was shocked," Amorim told a press conference. "That's why you see that game, this is not our team, the way we are doing things. So I'm always confident in the way I manage the team."
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Amorim insisted he still feels confident he can get the best out of his United team despite the shock defeat, which was the club's first loss to a fourth division side in any cup competition. He said: "Yes. It depends on the day, but I'm confident because I saw these players play really well in tough matches, and I see it in training, the training is so much better. We just need to focus on a lot of things, and I feel that the players are always thinking about the past. They think there is something in the water here, or in the food, it's not real, it's in our minds. And we just need to focus on the next game, we dropped the level. Now we have to respond in the next game, it's not about the result, it's the way we play."
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Amorim sought to clarify his comments after the Grimsby game by saying he feels in different ways at different moments and always has an emotional response. He added: "I don't need anyone [to change my mind], but I'm going to be like that. When you say I want to quit, is that it? I want to quit, I don't love the players, I hate sometimes my kids, so I'm going to be like that. That is not going to change. Sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's a funny thing, I'm going to suffer. We just need to win some games. So we cannot change that fast. We need to focus on the next game, and if we start winning, things are going to be easier to do."