Moyes doing a better job than me, says Ruben Amorim as under-fire Man United prepare to face Everton at Goodison Park.
Moyes doing a better job than Ruben Amorim, and this is coming from Ruben Amorim himself.
Amorim gave the brief explanation that “David Moyes is doing a better job” than him, which explains why Everton has experienced the type of new manager bounce that Manchester United has not been able to replicate.
United will visit Goodison Park on Saturday under Amorim, who has only managed four victories in his 14 league games as manager. Since Sean Dyche was replaced by Moyes, the former United manager, in mid-January, Everton has amassed 13 points out of a possible 18. Amorim has had a much more difficult time implementing his strategies at United due to a long list of issues both on and off the pitch.
“David Moyes is doing a better job than me, it’s quite simple,” said Amorim, who did accept “the pressure is not the same” at the two clubs. Asked why Moyes has been able to build momentum, he said: “Small things like winning one game, winning two games, that belief. We have to give merit to the players of Everton and especially to the coach.
“If we win two games or even if we win one game – the next one at Everton – everything changes slowly. When you win it’s so much easier to take the doubts out of the minds of the players.”
He said: “Sometimes it’s frustrating and when you hear out loud four wins in 14 games for Manchester United, even in another club, it’s really frustrating and you get frustrated and angry.
“We worked so many years with this system I don’t see it as back three, five or four. I think we can adapt, but I’m passing the principles and then we go forward. I don’t see the system as three or five defenders. I see principles that we can change and this way of playing we can adapt to a different system. When I changed [at former club] Casa Pia it was because I believed it was something I needed to do, I just know how to do things I believe [in].”
After missing United’s 1-0 loss to Tottenham last week, Leny Yoro, Christian Eriksen, and Manuel Ugarte will be available for the trip to Merseyside. According to Amorim, Amad Diallo will be out for a “long time,” and long-term absentees Mason Mount, Lisandro Martínez, and Luke Shaw are still out, as are midfielders Kobbie Mainoo and Toby Collyer.