Ruben Amorim 'doesn't like' two Man Utd stars as Gary Neville slams manager's plan

Gary Neville believes Ruben Amorim "doesn't similar the strikers he's got" aft the Manchester United brag benched some Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee against Crystal Palace

Gary Neville has suggested Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim does not complaint strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.

United forked retired implicit £100million to motion the duo, but Amorim opted to seat them some arsenic the Red Devils took connected Crystal Palace connected Sunday with Kobbie Mainoo deployed arsenic a mendacious 9 instead.

However, the determination was unsuccessful arsenic United mislaid 2-0 to Palace acknowledgment to a Jean-Philippe Mateta brace and Neville believes it was a mistake. Speaking connected his Sky Sports podcast, helium claimed the determination showed that Amorim "doesn't similar the strikers he's got".

Neville said: "The lone happening I tin deliberation is that it's 1 of 2 things. Maybe it's experimenting to the constituent whereby he's conscionable trying to find a solution that works and helium likes and a strategy helium wants to play. Or helium doesn't similar the strikers he's got.

"When I saw the teamsheet, I thought Fernandes would play successful that presumption oregon Garnacho. When I saw Kobbie up there, everything has to beryllium perfectly perfect. From Palace's constituent of view, they would fancy that due to the fact that there's nary existent goalscorer successful the team.

"I'm not saying if Hojlund was up determination they'd panic but astatine slightest past there's a carnal presence. Zirzkee is simply a large lad. I'm not saying they're superb these players but erstwhile I saw the squad I thought Palace volition fancy this and I can't truly spot however United volition score. Where's it going to travel from? If a squad doesn't look similar it rather often isn't right.

"I thought it would get amended erstwhile Ruben Amorim came in, I thought they'd bargain into his enthusiasm and the system. We've seen the implicit opposite, it's got a batch worse and that's surprising. There's going to beryllium a batch much symptom towards the extremity of the play I think.

"They're evidently going to instrumentality with Amorim but the much you suffer the harder it becomes for the players to bargain into the manager and his ideas. You can't support losing, it volition depress the players and marque them suffer faith. He has to bash thing but helium can't alteration his attack now.

"He won't beryllium enjoying this but I deliberation he's got to simplify it, portion helium mightiness not similar Hojlund, helium mightiness not deliberation Zirkzee is great, helium mightiness not similar different players, but he’s got to prime the players helium has, the players he's been served.

"It can't support going connected arsenic it is, they request to commencement to play amended but wherever is that coming from? At this infinitesimal successful clip it's a precise atrocious concern watching Manchester United play."

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