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Ruben Amorim said he was “angry and upset” by Manchester United's performance in the draw against Liverpool, because they have not shown the same fighting spirit in other games.
Liverpool fought back after Lisandro Martínez opened the scoring, with Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah scoring, but Amad Diallo found a goal in the 80th minute to level the match.
United were much better than in recent weeks and manager Amorim was upset by this and asked his team to use this result as a platform in the upcoming games. “I get more angry about the other games,” he said.
'It's even harder to understand some things. It's not about the system, about the technique, it's about something else…
“Today I am angry, really angry. I am satisfied with the performance, but today everyone will say that the team did a good job. Today I'm allowed to be the only one upset with the team, but today we were a team.
'We had some good games over the last month, but then we fell again. It's something we have to be really consistent about. We had this conversation after (winning against) Manchester City, it was the same.
Rubén Amorim said he was “angry and upset” by Manchester United's performance against Liverpool
Manchester United were much better than in recent weeks and that left coach Amorim upset.
Amad Diallo (right) rescued a point for Man United after scoring in the 80th minute at Anfield
“I want to see my team play much better, but I think the most important thing we need to address today is mentality and that is the key to everything.”
'Today we were a different team not because of the system, not because of a technical or tactical aspect.
'We face the competition like we are supposed to face every day. Training and match, it doesn't match the place, the rival, we have to face every day like this.'
Captain Bruno Fernandes thought the same and added: “Obviously we have been criticised, and rightly so, because the position in the table says it all.
'We have lost too many points. Even today we cannot be happy with the draw, because we need points more than them.
“It's a really good and fair result, both teams played good football and it was intense.
“I'm quite upset because we can show this against Liverpool at Anfield, first in the league, the outstanding team in the Premier League this season, why can't we do this every week?”
