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Red Devils suffering together a good thing: Amorim
The Straits Times
|September 22, 2025
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said his side must match the level of urgency they showed in their 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Sept 20 if they are to keep on winning.
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Having won just once this season going into the game, the pressure was on the Portuguese ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Old Trafford in the English Premier League.
Blues goalkeeper Robert Sanchez’s dismissal after just five minutes gave the Red Devils the platform to earn a vital win with goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro, but the performance, from the off, reached levels of intensity that had been lacking recently.
“Sometimes we have some moments that we feel an urgency to have a result,” Amorim said. “Today we won. It’s nice to win, but let’s not forget that return to that urgency in our game.
This story is from the September 22, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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