“We scored the goal and then forgot how to play” - Amorim frustrated with Fulham's draw

After a home defeat to Arsenal in the first official match of the new season, Ruben Amorim had hoped to at least secure a win in the second Premier League game.

However, that was not the case, as Manchester United drew 1-1 against Marco Silva's Fulham, with Bruno Fernandes missing a penalty.

After the match, the Manchester United manager lamented the dropped points but remained confident about the future.

“We can do better, but we are giving our best and that's the most important thing for me. At times, we played well, especially at the start of the game. After the goal, we were only thinking about the result.

"We were doing well until the goal, but then we weren't smart in that moment. We just want to win games. The players know they are playing for a club where they need to be better. Today they worked hard, and all week in training. I am very confident that we will get many wins,” he began, in an interview with Sky Sports, as reported by Abola.

“I think we scored the goal and then forgot how to play. We want to win so badly, and that's a good feeling, that we scored a goal and everyone on the pitch thought, 'Let's hold this lead and try to win the game.'

"For me, that's the moment when we need to capitalise more and press the opponent. We tried to press the opponent very high and left a lot of space. We have to grow a lot as a team.

"For me, the most important thing is that during the week they worked hard, today we worked hard, and we will improve. The moment that changed the game was our goal,” he added, analyzing the first half and stating that the team will grow game by game.

“How to grow? Through training, in the game. You need to win to get that feeling of relaxing a bit, not in intensity and how we play, but in maintaining our mentality. We suffered a bit at the end because the momentum shifted more with Fulham's goal.

"In the first half, we were there, we missed a penalty... Bruno has so much responsibility that I felt the lack of joy [when he missed] and he was thinking about the past. Now we have to move on, no matter what happens,” he explained, speaking further on his compatriot's missed penalty.

“I think he's not used to missing penalties. He knows the importance that moment can have [and cause] a huge impact on the team. During the game, he wasn't happy because he wasn't involved and he has a lot of responsibility, and I think he felt that missing the penalty was very important for us.

"We have to think about the performance. I know how a player who has to win every game feels. We missed a penalty, we missed some chances, and then we scored and had to defend that goal. We have to focus on our movements and play until the end,” he fired back, before commenting again on the difficulties with defensive set-pieces.

“We tried to press high, but after a few times, we pushed the ball to the side too early. We wanted to press all the time, but sometimes we have to manage the game in that moment and try to drop back a bit. They had more space than us when they were attacking,” he concluded.