Amorim says Manchester United had been nervous in rout by Bournemouth

Ruben Amorim has admitted ­Manchester United’s gamers had been ­nervous on Sunday throughout their 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth, which left the membership thirteenth and within the backside half on ­Christmas Day for the primary time since 1989.

The defeat was a second in a row by that scoreline at residence in opposition to Bournemouth, virtually precisely a 12 months after the primary. United went behind to the seventh aim they’ve conceded up to now six video games at a set play.

Amorim stated: “This sport was arduous on us. We suffered once more on set items and we had been just a little bit nervous – additionally the stadium firstly of the sport, I felt it … It’s lots of psychological [nervousness]: you’ll be able to really feel it not simply with the gamers, the followers too.

“I felt it from the primary minute, there’s lots of nervousness; that’s regular due to the context [needing to win] and it’s actually disappointing. It’s a tricky second however we have now to face it and put together for the following sport.”

Dean Huijsen’s Twenty ninth-minute opener derived from a free-kick at which he was left unmarked. This occurred after United had been drilled earlier than kick-off by the assistant coach Carlos Fernandes in defending set items. Amorim was requested whether or not he may substitute ­Fernandes in teaching set items.

“It’s my accountability to educate them, not Carlos – it’s all on me,” he stated. “In fact we need to enhance. On this second, the whole lot is a lot more durable – a membership like Manches­ter United to lose 3-0 at residence, it’s actually robust for everyone. And naturally the followers are actually disenchanted and drained.

“You’ll be able to really feel it within the stadium and I perceive that, however we have now to face it. We all know what to do. We’ve to enhance set items. I feel we aren’t giving the ball away as a lot as we did. We management the sport higher, we don’t concede lots of areas, transitions, we ­management very effectively in opposition to one group who rating 60% of their targets when the ball is in [the opponents’] half.”

However Bournemouth’s second and third targets got here in fast succession, Justin Kluivert’s 61st-minute ­penalty being adopted by Antoine Semenyo’s strike two minutes later. Amorim referenced his gamers’ response to going 2-0 down. “Hold the ball for a second and never attempt to rating two targets straight away. It’s a extremely robust second and we have now to grasp that – what the gamers are considering in that second … We’ve to handle that.”