{"id":543820,"date":"2025-11-02T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/543820\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T08:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:45:17","slug":"ruben-amorims-growth-as-man-utd-manager-can-be-summed-up-by-what-happened-in-33rd-minute-vs-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/543820\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim’s growth as Man Utd manager can be summed up by what happened in 33rd minute vs Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The three-game winning streak is no more for Manchester United, but the four-game unbeaten streak remains alive for Ruben Amorim. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2-2 draw for Man Utd vs Nottingham Forest<\/a> was a fair reflection of a scrappy game where clear-cut chances were few and far between. <\/p>\n

Amad and Casemiro scored for United<\/a>, while a nightmare two-minute spell condemned Ruben Amorim<\/a> to a deficit out of nowhere. <\/p>\n

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Amidst all the madness, however, a single moment summed up how Amorim has grown as the Man Utd manager<\/a>, and why it\u2019s a good omen for the future. <\/p>\n

\"CasemiroPhoto by DARREN STAPLES\/AFP via Getty ImagesRuben Amorim\u2019s growth in clear display vs Forest<\/p>\n

Amorim has now completed a full year at Old Trafford<\/a>, a time he has described as a \u201cjourney\u201d that was full of doubts, but a case of winning over them.<\/p>\n

As recently as four weeks ago, there were doubts whether he would even live through the international break, so crucial was that 2-0 win against Sunderland<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Something clicked in that game, and it carried over to Liverpool and Brighton, with United good value for a point against Forest as well. <\/p>\n

Perhaps the thing that stood out the most was what happened in the 33rd minute against Forest, when Amorim\u2019s growth at United was on clear display. <\/p>\n

United won a corner, contentious from Forest\u2019s perspective, but what happened after is becoming an increasingly common occurrence. <\/p>\n

United players made a nuisance of themselves on the corner, and Casemiro headed home to give United the lead in a scrappy game. <\/p>\n

With that, Amorim hammered home the point he made before the game, on how he wanted to show more of the \u201cEnglish game\u201d. <\/p>\n

He meant that he was finally starting to come around on the \u201cnon-negotiables\u201d of the Premier League, which is winning the duels, dominating set-pieces, playing direct when needed, and jumping on second balls. <\/p>\n

United\u2019s set-piece dominance continued through the game, and Amorim will have been extremely delighted to see his growth reflected in the team\u2019s performance. <\/p>\n

Man Utd will need to diversify their attack<\/p>\n

Amorim\u2019s transformation into this duel-winning, athletic monster-loving, quintessential Premier League coach has turned United\u2019s fortunes around. <\/p>\n

However, against Forest, the limitations of that approach were also visible, as Forest were happy to sit in a low block and close the space between the lines. <\/p>\n

You can\u2019t beat a low-block by playing direct and jumping on second balls, and United\u2019s threat from open play was minimal. <\/p>\n

The next step for this team is to start dominating with the ball, because as teams start to realise United can\u2019t be sucker-punched anymore, they will start retreating into their shell. <\/p>\n

Then comes the challenge of breaking them down while staying secure on transition, the final step before a team can be considered elite. <\/p>\n

If Amorim manages that leap of growth, United will be serious contenders again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The three-game winning streak is no more for Manchester United, but the four-game unbeaten streak remains alive for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[11493,94,101,99,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-543820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-casemiro","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-ruben-amorim","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115479232169201093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}