United thrashed Everton 4-0 in the Premier League, with Marcus Rashford and Marc Zirkze scoring twice each, while Amad Diallo and Bruno Fernandes both provided two assists. New boss Amorim praised Amad Diallo after the game and insinuated that his predecessor Ten Hag would not use anyone.
During Ten Hag's tenure, Diallo had a strong start to the season and was named the team's Player of the Month for August, but then surprisingly fell out of favour, sometimes not even playing as Antony. In response, Ten Hag claimed that he was rewarding Brazil's €100 million winger for his efforts in training. However, Diallo was clearly unhappy and the 22-year-old grimace was grim when he made a substitution for Antony, who was injured again.
Ruud van Nistelrooy comforted Diallo and reactivated him when he replaced Ten Hag in his interim charge of Manchester United, and Diallo played in all four games under Ruud van Nistelrooy, impressing everyone with two goals and an assist.
Amorim also thanked Ruud van Nistelrooy: "Ruud van Nistelrooy helped him a lot in the games he coached and now he's helping me as well. He's dreamy again, he's in the best moment. It started with Ruud van Nistelrooy, and I just used the results of his partnership with Ahmad, who was very good both offensively and defensively."
Against Everton, Diallo provided two assists, made three key passes, created two great chances, made four successful breaks, made four tackles and won 11 of 14 aerial duels. The only flaw may have been the squandering of a first-half goal.
Team-mate Marcus Rashford was also full of praise for Diallo: "The energy and the atmosphere speak for themselves, the players create that atmosphere on the pitch, but the fans today are what we want to hear, all positive and encouraging voices to move forward. Today's game was not as simple as it seemed, with Amad [Diallo] impressive on the counter-attack, providing two assists. He is very sharp and always attacks opponents with or without the ball. We have to understand the strengths of our other teammates so that we can build on each other."
Amorim said he was just putting his players in his rightful place, which was seen as a mockery of former manager Ten Hag. "I'm just trying to put the players in the right position for them." "The same goes for Zirkze, who is better in the false number nine. It doesn't matter who scores. If you want players in your team to score goals to boost confidence, then strikers score better. In my opinion, even if Andre Onana scores, it's the same and I just want to help them play at their best. 」
As for Diallo, Amorim reminded him that he still needs to improve. "He's really talented, but he's small. He's doing well, but he still needs to improve." 'He's got to stay in that shape and you can feel really, really tired before the game, so we've got to control the use and improve the fitness. It's far from perfect, we have to improve and you can feel that in the game. Fifteen minutes later, Everton were in control and it was difficult for us to get possession and always lose a second spot. I think the players can solve some of the problems that the team has because they are at a very high level, but the game was far from perfect, the result was really good, it was a tough process.'
Amorim stressed that United's goal was not a tactic but a result of the players' efforts. "It's not tactical, I'm just really, really lucky." "We want to play well because it's better to start the game with a goal. If you analyse these three games, you will see that all the decisive moments were in our favor. You have to admit the facts. Today we started well but lost control of the game. After 15 minutes we were tired of winning the ball without the ball but then we scored from set-pieces, so it was a crucial point for us. We scored again before half-time and then scored a third after kick-off in the second half. We scored a bit of a bit of luck, so I was a lucky one. That's not the point, I'm just focused on winning and building a new philosophy for the team."
The United boss concluded: "So we have to admit that in all three games we scored at the right moments. We controlled well on Thursday but today we had some difficulties. Possession after 15 minutes was just to keep possession and there was no threat. But let's wait and see. There was no training during those three games, but the players were fantastic. This win belongs more to the players than to the coach. The players helped a lot, so congratulations to the players. We have a lot of things to do and this result will not change anything, it just gives us more strength and more joy to continue to work on getting used to the game philosophy."