The Europa League final with Tottenham will be followed by the final Premier League game of the campaign against Champions League-chasing Aston Villa, with United nowhere near that race this season. But there will be no immediate rest for United’s players, who have more work ahead of them. As soon as the Villa game is...
Solskjaer assesses the work ahead of him in a pragmatic way. From a detached perspective, it seems many of the challenges he is facing are similar to those Ruben Amorim is experiencing at United. To that end, a Europa League win could be crucial in buying Amorim time. It is something United came within a...
The game was 29 minutes old when Maguire went all Ronaldinho to silence the home fans. With Mikel Jauregizar in front of him, United’s number five went to the right, stopped, turned one way and then the next, then started up again, going past his opponent and delivering the cross. Manuel Ugarte flicked it on...
United boss Ruben Amorim says he will trust the “kids” to guide the club through the remainder of the Premier League season in order to rest some of his senior players for Europe. United will face Spanish side Athletic Bilbao in the semi-finals, after their 2-0 aggregate win against Rangers. The competition is now United’s...
With Manchester United trailing 1-0 to Nottingham Forest and needing a goal to avoid a 13th defeat of the season, manager Ruben Amorim turned to the bench. He had already withdrawn Joshua Zirkzee – scorer of three league goals since completing a £36.5m move to Old Trafford last summer – in favour of Rasmus Hojlund,...