Ruben Amorim said that Manchester United will have to suffer before their fortunes turn after his first game in charge ended in a disappointing 1-1 draw at Ipswich.
The new head coach has only had a few days to work with his full squad after the international break and he felt that they struggled to absorb the numerous positional changes he demands in his 3-4-2-1 system, saying they over-thought it.
Marcus Rashford put United in front after two minutes but Omari Hutchinson equalised just before half-time. Ipswich might have won but for a clutch of fine saves by the United goalkeeper, André Onana.
“It’s hard to expect anything now,” Amorim said.
“It’s not a surprise but you have to see it in-game. That’s why I was a little bit anxious because you cannot understand what will happen in the game. I felt that. They are thinking too much because things are so different.”
“We will have a situation where you see a structure and you will say: ‘It’s not fluid.’ But it is like [taking] steps. We have to put in the heads the structure. When they start thinking about the structure they will play so much better.”
