Amorim has ´no doubt´ Man Utd are playing well

Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim feels his squad are playing astatine a higher level than they person shown antecedently this season.

Yet helium acknowledged the Red Devils indispensable “take the heat” aft suffering a 4-3 decision to Brentford.

United’s latest nonaccomplishment near them 15th successful the Premier League, though they clasp a 3-0 pb aft the archetypal limb of their Europa League semi-final necktie against Athletic Bilbao.

Mason Mount gave Amorim’s broadside the pb with conscionable his 2nd extremity for the nine but that was rapidly cancelled retired by Luke Shaw’s ain goal.

Kevin Schade’s treble and a extremity from Yoanne Wissa enactment Brentford 4-1 successful beforehand astatine 1 point, but Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo grabbed goals for United, who could not negociate different miraculous comeback.

Amorim said: “I person nary uncertainty that we are playing better. So, we person to instrumentality each the heat. At this infinitesimal we are losing games successful the Premier League.

“We are warring for the Europa League and Thursday is the astir important crippled for us.”

United’s league signifier is dismal, with Amorim lone having much victories than the relegated sides since his appointment.

However, having fielded the third-youngest broadside successful Premier League past with an mean property of conscionable 22 years and 270 days, Amorim was impressed with the displays of his young players.

But Amorim was acrophobic for the fittingness of Matthijs de Ligt.

The defender was making his archetypal commencement successful a period aft recovering from a erstwhile wounded but was forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional aft lunging successful to adjacent down Wissa.

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With injuries to different defenders, Lisandro Martinez and Ayden Heaven, United are stretched erstwhile it comes to unit astatine the backmost for the past agelong of the campaign.

When asked astir the severity of the Dutchman’s injury, Amorim said: “I don’t cognize truthful I’m truly acrophobic – not astir Thursday.

“We took disconnected Luke Shaw astatine half-time to support and person players for Thursday, but I’m much acrophobic whether it is simply a tiny oregon large wounded and reasoning astir adjacent season.”