Sporting wonderkid, 17, shows how Ruben Amorim’s Man Utd revolution could work as Gyokeres hits hat-trick against City

RUBEN AMORIM gave Manchester United fans a tantalising glimpse into the aboriginal arsenic his Sporting broadside thrashed City 4-1 successful the Champions League.

The juncture began successful a raucous atmosphere, with Sporting fans waving goodbye to their beloved Man Utd-bound manager successful what was his last location crippled successful charge.

The location faithful unfurled a immense banner speechmaking "Obrigado" - Portuguese for "thank you" - up of kick-off.

And aft tonight's performance, it's casual to spot however Amorim near specified a mark.

Sporting really got disconnected to a ropey start, with Phil Foden giving City a fourth-minute lead.

The broadside Amorim has built successful Lisbon is resilient, however, and aft weathering City's tempest they came roaring backmost to triumph 4-1.

Viktor Gyokeres grabbed the headlines by scoring a stunning hat-trick - taking his play tally to an astonishing 23 goals successful conscionable 17 games.

The Swede's numbers would marque United's existent forwards Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund blush.

But however has Amorim fixed the erstwhile Brighton and Coventry prima specified a level connected which to shine?

The 39-year-old has mostly favoured a 3-4-3 enactment with Sporting, though tonight's mean positions amusement that his strategy turned into much of a 3-5-2, oregon adjacent 3-4-1-1 - with Francisco Trincao, formerly of Wolves and Barcelona, playing disconnected Gyokeres.

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How Amorim volition beryllium capable to present his three-at-the-back strategy into the Premier League volition beryllium fascinating.

After Antonio Conte's Chelsea won the Premier League successful swashbuckling benignant utilizing a backmost 3 successful 2017, the strategy abruptly became each the rage.

Even Arsene Wenger, aft much than 20 years of deploying a backmost 4 astatine Arsenal, dabbled with it during his last play astatine the Emirates.

These days, however, backmost threes person go much scarce.

In fact, nary of past season's apical 13 utilized it arsenic their superior formation.

Despite Sporting's near wing-back Maxi Araujo grabbing a extremity connected the night, it was really close wing-back Geovany Quenda who consistently got further forward.

TEENAGE SENSATION

The Guinea-Bissau-born wonderkid is conscionable 17-years-old but has already made himself a regular successful Sporting's archetypal team.

As a left-footer playing connected the right, Quenda chopped wrong to large effect arsenic helium created Sporting's equaliser.

His superb through-ball recovered Gyokeres who, having fluffed an earlier one-on-one, made nary mistake erstwhile done connected Ederson's extremity for a 2nd time.

This benignant of accidental was emblematic of the work Gyokeres received each night, with Sporting consistently forcing turnovers with their coagulated base.

BUILDING A PLATFORM

Irrespective of conceding a harsh punishment successful the second-half, which Erling Haaland went connected to miss anyway, 20-year-old centre-back Ousmane Diomande was awesome astatine the bosom of Sporting's defence.

While midfielders Hidemasa Morita and Morten Hjulmand offered fantabulous extortion and were seldom acold from the country erstwhile Sporting's backmost enactment needed help.

As soon arsenic Sporting won the shot back, Gyokeres would beryllium sent connected his way.

It was Araujo's crook to origin havoc from the near wing-back presumption close astatine the commencement of the 2nd period, the Uruguayan converting beyond Ederson aft a superb tally by Pedro Goncalves.

Gyokeres past showed coolness to person 2 penalties and implicit his hat-trick.

Amorim volition person different ace astatine Pep Guardiola successful April, arsenic United big City astatine Old Trafford successful the Portuguese's archetypal Manchester derby.

When helium begins enactment astatine Carrington connected Monday, United's caller brag volition question to statesman processing a Red Devils squad that tin emulate what Sporting did to City tonight.