"MANCHESTER, England -- If Ruben Amorim managed to get any sleep ahead of Sunderland's visit to Old Trafford -- such is the pressure on Manchester United head coach -- then this is the type of day he would have dreamt about. In desperate need of a result in his 50th game in charge to dampen the noise around whether he remains the right man for the job at United, everything went his way on Saturday."
"The first question of his post-match news conference summed it up: it was put to him that it must have been nice to finally oversee a routine Premier League win. "Yeah," replied Amorim, with the look of a man who needed it. "We didn't play well during all of the game but we had our moments," he said. "But if you look at our performance, it was a team, with focus, defending well and trying to kill the game in the second half.""
Ruben Amorim secured a 2-0 Manchester United victory over Sunderland at Old Trafford in his 50th match in charge. Mason Mount and Benjamin Sesko scored the goals while Sunderland squandered chances and had a penalty overturned by VAR. Amorim described the performance as not entirely good but credited team focus, defending and killing the game in the second half. Amorim changed goalkeeper, handing Senne Lammens a debut start over Altay Bayindir, and Lammens produced an early save that prompted a large cheer. Amorim had publicly defended his system after criticism from Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney.
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