"I can watch the game and say we can do better and we need to do better in the future but sometimes you need to adapt to the game. So I don't need anyone to evaluate my team. I can evaluate my team and I am really clear that we should play better with the ball and we are going to try to do that in this game."
"I'm not saying my players don't want to win or run, but we need to sometimes [when] it's getting harder [in matches] to force ourselves to do the basics. If you look at Brighton and the way they play, every team that pressed a little higher struggled and they won. We need to be prepared not just against the top teams but against opponents that are [also] really good."
Amorim rejected external criticism and said he does not need others to evaluate his team, insisting he can assess and demand improvement himself. He acknowledged the need to adapt tactically during matches while stressing a clear objective to play better with the ball. He identified players who set standards at the club, naming Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot, Luke Shaw, Nous Mazraoui and Lisandro Martinez. He credited attitude and basics for recent consecutive Premier League wins, warned about preparing for high-pressing opponents like Brighton, and noted Bruno Fernandes will make his 300th appearance for the club.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]