"We can settle down the game, he said. That is something that I know this team can do. But when everything the moments, the penalty [miss], the foul before the first goal all these things are against us, we need to have more personality to control the games, calm down the games and then play back. I feel that sometimes when things are really hard, they are not the same. But that is the pressure of the club."
"But it was not a day for Amorim to point the finger at the officials, rather to reflect on how his players had failed to carry out his instructions from the training ground particularly in terms of defending against quick long balls on transitions. Brentford were 2-0 up inside 20 minutes from that route, Igor Thiago providing both of the finishes, with Amorim unhappy Matheus Cunha was not given a free-kick on the edge of the opposing area before the first."
Ruben Amorim criticised a lack of control, composure and character as Manchester United fell 3-1 at Brentford. Bruno Fernandes missed a 76th-minute penalty at 2-1 after Nathan Collins avoided a red card for a last-man foul on Bryan Mbeumo. Amorim blamed players for failing to follow instructions from training, particularly defending quick long balls on transitions that produced two early goals from Igor Thiago. Amorim felt Matheus Cunha should have been awarded a free-kick before the first goal. He made attacking substitutions—Kobbie Mainoo, Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee—while keeping a 3-4-2-1 formation.
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