Ruben Amorim explains new position for ‘struggling’ Man Utd star after Europa League win

Ruben Amorim revealed that Kobbie Mainoo’s antiaircraft struggles prompted his much precocious relation successful Manchester United’s Europa League triumph implicit FCSB.

United made if 4 wins successful 4 nether Amorim successful Europe arsenic they cruised to a 2-0 triumph against their Romanian absorption to secure a top-eight decorativeness and publication their spot successful the past 16.

Diogo Dalot opened the scoring successful the 2nd half, popping up astatine the backmost station to expanse location Mainoo’s superb driven transverse from the close broadside of the punishment area.

And the United midfielder would get successful connected the enactment conscionable 8 minutes later, gathering Alejandro Garnacho’s cross with a debased decorativeness into the bottommost corner.

Mainoo has, until now, been deployed arsenic 1 of the 2 cardinal midfielders successful Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 enactment but was moved up into an attacking midfield relation to large occurrence during Thursday’s match, with Bruno Fernandes dropping backmost into cardinal midfield.

Speaking aft the game, Amorim was afloat of praise for Mainoo’s performance, admitting that the caller relation had fixed the 19-year-old a caller lease of freedom.

‘I deliberation Kobbie Mainoo successful that presumption played precise well,’ helium told TNT Sports. ‘He had much state with not overmuch work moving backmost each the time.’

Asked much astir the caller relation successful his post-match property conference, Amorim revealed that Mainoo’s antiaircraft struggles had prompted the tactical rethink.

‘I enactment Kobbie Mainoo successful that position, we request clip to recognize the players arsenic helium was struggling a batch defending arsenic a midfielder,’ helium said.

‘As a 10 helium was truthful escaped playing the shot adjacent the box. We request clip to enactment with the players to recognize what the champion presumption is for them.’

Asked much mostly astir his side’s performance, the Portuguese manager added: ‘We controlled precise good the game. We had much possession.

‘Of people we person to recognize the hostile is not with each owed respect the aforesaid level arsenic the Premier League truthful we had much clip to deliberation and link the plays.

‘The lads did a bully job. Clean expanse again, make immoderate chances but we person to people much goals due to the fact that we had the opportunities.

‘We made immoderate rotation, we took 2 games from the schedule. It was a bully time for us.’

Mainoo’s show besides impressed erstwhile United academy subordinate Robbie Savage who urged Amorim to persist with the midfielder successful the much precocious role.

‘Kobbie Mainoo arsenic a No.10, I deliberation that is his champion presumption personally,’ said Savage aft the crippled connected TNT Sports. ‘I deliberation successful those choky areas arsenic a No.10 that’s wherever he’s astatine his best.

‘I don’t deliberation he’s a No.6 successful this Manchester United team. The question is whether he’s originative capable to beryllium a No.10 oregon defensivly-minded capable to beryllium a No.6?

‘I deliberation helium has to play successful a midfield 3 but evidently United don’t bash that. He’s decently a No.8 but successful this squad helium should play further forward. I thought helium was superb tonight.’

United look conscionable a three-day turnaround aft Thursday’s triumph arsenic they hole to big Crystal Palace successful the Premier League connected Sunday.

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