The issues facing Ruben Amorim at Manchester United are already clear after Ipswich draw

Marcus Rashford made it a imagination commencement for United’s Portuguese caput manager erstwhile helium got connected the extremity of Amad Diallo's good transverse to people the opening extremity aft conscionable 81 seconds. Omari Hutchinson’s stunner earlier half-time pegged United backmost and eventually earned a constituent for the hosts astatine Portman Road.

Here, Standard Sport takes a look astatine 5 things we learned from the Red Devils’ opening nighttime of a caller era…

Having utilized a three-man defence successful 230 of his 231 matches arsenic Sporting Lisbon manager, present was confirmation that the Portuguese volition follow the aforesaid strategy with United.

The unit of that defence is apt to alteration dramatically erstwhile the likes of Leny Yoro and Lisandro Martinez are backmost fit, but a makeshift trio of Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt and Jonny Evans fared good capable astatine Portman Road, enjoying plentifulness of the ball.

Only by Hutchinson’s ace onslaught were they beaten.

There person been wide reports that United volition look astatine signing a caller near wing-back to suit the strategy successful the January transportation window, and if that is to beryllium believed then, based connected this viewing, Amorim won’t person changed his caput astir the request to.

Dalot is simply a right-back by commercialized and contempt defending resolutely connected the near helium did not show overmuch attacking escapade successful his performance. When Luke Shaw came on, helium played astatine near centre-back, suggesting Amorim does not spot him arsenic the near wing-back solution either.

This was existent nether Erik 10 Hag, too, but the 3-4-3 strategy loses a midfielder and makes the request for stamina successful the mediate of the parkland adjacent much vital. Casemiro and Christian Eriksen, with their combined 64 years of age, offered composure connected the shot but did not screen each the crushed required of them.

It allowed the likes of Sammie Szmodics and Hutchinson acold excessively overmuch country to roam into. That is thing Amorim indispensable address.

Particularly this season, the Cameroonian has looked each spot bully capable to beryllium Manchester United’s semipermanent No1. At Portman Road, he was thing abbreviated of brilliant.

The 28-year-old made outstanding saves from Liam Delap either broadside of the break, positive a bully first-half prevention down debased to his close to contradict Szmodics.

Amorim whitethorn consciousness his squad needs bolstering successful a fig of positions successful the adjacent mates of transportation windows, but a caller first-choice goalkeeper should not beryllium precocious connected his privation list. Onana is an fantabulous option.

Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes look acceptable to stay United’s cardinal trio successful onslaught — conscionable arsenic they were nether Ten Hag — but successful a antithetic shape.

Rashford scored wrong 2 minutes arsenic helium led the line, portion Garnacho and Fernandes were a bundle of energy, perpetually connected the determination and looking to provender the Englishman oregon 1 different with incisive through-balls.

If they tin click, the Red Devils volition beryllium devastating, but erstwhile Garnacho and Rashford broke escaped successful the 2nd fractional and failed to marque Ipswich pay, the request for greater decisiveness was laid bare.