Dorgu form now forcing Amorim to rethink the impact he can have

WHEN Patrick Dorgu was racing around the Old Trafford pitch on Boxing Day, demanding the ball at every opportunity, he didn't look like the player Ruben Amorim had been talking about four weeks earlier.

- By TYRONE MARSHALL

At the end of November, Amorim discussed the pressure on Dorgu to perform and how it can consume young players at United.

He is only 21 and yet to hit 40 appearances for the club, but doubts were beginning to form around a player recruited for £25million in last January's transfer window.

"He needs to be calmer playing the game," Amorim said back then. "You can feel the anxiety every time Patrick touches the ball.

"I can feel the anxiety. You remember the shot against Everton.

"That was easier than the decision he had to make [playing for Denmark] against Scotland.

"He made a great decision and I saw it when he played in Italy.

"But here it is different, and sometimes the pressure is hard for them in the beginning, but he has time to improve."