Ruben Amorim demands one key thing from his players to crush Bournemouth | OneFootball

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has urged his stars to do one thing that will guarantee them a victory against Bournemouth.

United looking to kick on

Having beaten Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, United will undoubtedly be eager to make it back-to-back Premier League victories when they come up against Bournemouth on Monday evening.

United are within touching distance of the top-four places and a win would significantly boost their bid to secure Champions League football at the end of the season.

The Red Devils are undoubtedly favourites. In addition to playing in front of their home support, they’re also playing against a Bournemouth side that is in poor form.

The Cherries have not tasted a win in their last six Premier League fixtures. They’ve lost four games during this run.

However, Amorim is under no illusions about the threat posed by Andoni Iraola’s men. Speaking to club media, Amorim also urged his players to play with more courage at Old Trafford, arguing that it is a responsibility and catalyst for success.

Amorim makes demand

The Portuguese coach said, “Everyone knows that when you play at Old Trafford, all the responsibility is on us. So it’s a different game completely. So we have the responsibility of winning and playing well.”

“[Bournemouth have] a lot of intensity, quality in the final third, [win] a lot of duels, and have quality on set-pieces also, so it’s one more Premier League game that we want to win, especially at home, to have that feeling of winning at home back. So it’s a big match on Monday.”

He added about Bournemouth, “I don’t think they are more dangerous now; they are always dangerous.”

“I just look at – more than the results, because that can change, and we are proof of that – the way they play the game, and the quality that they have and the manager that they have.”

Amorim also highlighted United’s wanting defensive record. While the 20-time English champions have significantly improved going forward, they still concede an unhealthy number of goals. Amorim vowed to fix this.

“I think we are scoring goals but we are suffering so many goals [too], and we will try to find the solutions. We need to press better, we need to protect our goal better, because we are not suffering a lot of shots in the last games, I think. We are improving on that. But we know that any opportunity, we are suffering a goal.”

“So we want to continue to score goals but focus on not suffering [goals] – that is a key point to win games.”

United vs. Bournemouth kicks off at 8pm.

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