Fernandes to remain on penalties despites misses, says Amorim as he’s confident on his skipper rectifying the issue.
Amorim backs Fernandes to stay on Manchester United penalties despite misses.
Despite missing two of Manchester United’s three penalty kicks this season, Ruben Amorim has stated that Bruno Fernandes will remain the team’s top penalty taker.
Fernandes scored in the 3-2 victory over Burnley but failed from the penalty spot in the 1-1 draw at Fulham and the 3-1 loss at Brentford. “Yes, he is the main taker,” Amorim stated. He misses nine out of two games with me, and I believe he has seventy penalties.
“I’m really annoyed with that,” Amorim said. “But he’s really confident. He’s training [to take] the penalties, trying to understand that people are watching the way he [tries to] score penalties. So he will be ready.”
On Sunday, United travels to Liverpool, where they have only triumphed in the Premier League once in the last ten years, thanks to a goal from Wayne Rooney in 2016. When asked if his team was prepared for a bear-pit-like atmosphere at Anfield, Amorim recalled the 2-2 draw that took place there in January.
“The environment is going to be loud but we are ready to play in that,” he said. “If you look at last year, sometimes we play better in that kind of environment than the pressure at home. We never know what is going to happen. We showed last year there, we can handle it. The way we start the game is more important than the environment. To do a really good warm-up. To have a feeling. To understand that it’s going to be tough in the first moments. I know they are ready.”
“Football players nowadays don’t watch many games, unfortunately,” he said. “I have so many things to use [as inspiration] with our players. Like winning back-to-back games [in the league for the first time]. We have so much to win if we perform and win the next game. I don’t need to use those games in the past.”
Amorim was asked about reports linking Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee with possible moves in January. He said: “I know that in our club there is a lot of noise. You have to have news. Players are not playing. They want to play. There’s a World Cup. I understand that but they are our players and we need everyone to have a good season.”