Mikhail
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#football Danny Murphy has accused Ruben Amorim of committing "football suicide" against Newcastle by selecting the wrong starting XI. The Magpies won 2-0 at Old Trafford but they dominated Amorim's side for the first 30 minutes and could have scored more. Casemiro and Christian Eriksen were decimated by Newcastle's midfield, and the choice of the pair to control the midfield surprised many before the game even started. Amorim appeared to realise their mistake and made a substitution in the 33rd minute, bringing on Kobby Meina. It was another setback for the new United boss, who had defiantly insisted he would not abandon his favoured 3-4-3 formation, but Murphy urged him to be more flexible or his side would continue to lose. “I was at Old Trafford and saw the problem in the opening minutes. By the time the Manchester United boss reacted, his team were 2-0 down and the game was over,” Murphy wrote in the Daily Mail.
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Mikhail
@arpmikha
– It was football suicide and until Amorim change their system or squad, the performances and results will not change. With United in 14th place, it is very worrying. “We know that Amorim’s 3-4-3 worked well at Sporting Lisbon, but the Premier League is a tough place. Only one team has ever won the title here playing like that, and Antonio Conte at Chelsea was very lucky to have outstanding holding midfielders in Nemanja Matic and N’Golo Kante, and Eden Hazard, who made opponents worry more about him than about attacking. United don’t have those tools.” “I have been impressed by Amorim since they arrived at Old Trafford, but that was the first real black mark. He must have known that Newcastle were in great form and that their most energetic midfielder, Manuel Ugarte, was suspended. Yet the way the match played out surprised him.
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