Manchester United secured a 3-2 victory over Burnley with Bruno Fernandes scoring a stoppage-time penalty in the seventh minute of added time. United had taken the lead via an own goal by Josh Cullen in the 27th minute but squandered first-half chances. Lyle Foster equalised early in the second half before Bryan Mbeumo restored the lead seconds later and Jaidon Anthony levelled again. The win followed a shock Carabao Cup penalty shootout loss to League Two Grimsby that raised questions about Amorim's future. Amorim called his earlier comments 'emotional' and defended the team's performance, while goalkeeper decisions and errors attracted scrutiny.
"It ended well," Amorim said. "I think we deserved to win the game. I think we created a lot of chances. We should go to the half-time with a bigger advantage. "And then...every possession near our box, they can score, we are in that moment, so we start always chasing a lot of things. But we deserved and we tried until the last minute to score goals, we had our chances and in the end we deserved to win."
"Guys, they are humans," Amorim said. "Manchester United, everything is (huge). Everybody talks about the goalkeeper. And you can see, I can change the goalkeeper in the situations that happen. We are in that moment. I think it is hard to be a Manchester United goalkeeper in this moment. "But if you look at the first goal, we
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