Ruben Amorim part two press conference transcript ahead of Man Utd v West Ham | 4 December 2025

Simply on the set-pieces once more, was that one thing you and your workers mentioned in pre-season as being one thing you completely, essentially, needed to deal with this season? And in addition, when it comes to purpose scored from set items, you’re degree with Arsenal, who most individuals take a look at as in all probability one of the best exponent of set-pieces in Europe for the time being. And also you mentioned about stealing concepts. Are they one thing that you simply particularly checked out? And is the following problem for the group to get the defensive ingredient of set items as much as the place your attacking and offensive set-pieces are?

“Yeah, I believe we’re attacking higher than we’re defending, however if you find yourself defending, it’s essential to take the ball out. If you find yourself attacking these days in Premier League, you need not contact the ball, simply do not enable the defender to take the ball as a result of the ball goes to be there for the second ball. So, it is fully completely different defending and attacking. I am not going to let you know who we’re stealing concepts [from]it’s from all people. Lots of sensible managers doing a whole lot of issues, specialists these days. So we attempt to steal from all people, then you must take into consideration while you put the squad [out]in the event you play with Amad, Bryan, Bruno, all these guys. If you do not have Casemiro, and we suffered in opposition to Tottenham with that, if we do not have Casemiro, not Sesko, not Harry [Maguire]so you must make a steadiness, generally considering, ‘Sure, the thought for the sport is that this one’, however in case you have set items in opposition to, [it] can’t be this group. And our league is like that for the time being. You might want to assume not simply the way in which you’ll play, but in addition in set-pieces. So, after all, in the event you look with slightly little bit of consideration to the league, you perceive that set-pieces is very large for the sport. Generally to open the sport; in the event you rating a purpose, you’re within the higher situations to win the sport. So, after all, we listen rather a lot, particularly in pre-season, however, each week, to organize set items for the for the sport.”

You mentioned you felt in the summertime, going into the season, it was a key space that, amongst different issues, you needed to deal with?

“And we wrestle rather a lot after we arrived. We struggled. I believe we suffered rather a lot from set-pieces in our first video games right here. So, we be taught with time, like another supervisor.”

Josh [Zirkzee] has acquired his likelihood within the final couple of weeks to return in due to damage and he took it with that basically good purpose at Palace, however Kobbie [Mainoo] stays nonetheless on the bench. You’ve spoken earlier than about gamers which might be out of the group are naturally going to wish to think about their place in January, particularly in World Cup yr. With video games mounting up now in December, is Kobbie going to get an opportunity to show his value earlier than the January switch window?

“We’ll see. We might discuss Kobbie. We might discuss [Manuel] Ugarte, he is additionally not enjoying. Josh is enjoying as a result of we had a whole lot of accidents and we should be additionally clear with that. And soccer is like that. You simply should be prepared when the chance comes. When the chance comes, once more, I simply wish to win. I do not take a look at faces. I simply wish to win, and I’ll select one of the best ones. And, after all, I believe when you could have extra video games, if one thing occurs, you should have your likelihood. You simply should be prepared, and you may be positive. If you’re prepared, in the event you play properly, I am not going to take it [away] from the group for any motive. I simply select for each recreation, one of the best beginning XI and Kobbie is similar factor with the opposite guys.”