Amorim said in his Wednesday press conference.<\/a> \u201cAnd if you see, it\u2019s not just the creation, but every set piece, he\u2019s the guy that is organising sometimes the team. And that is a good opportunity for everyone to step up and to understand that we cannot rely on one player for everything. And sometimes we rely on Bruno in the organisation, in the creation.<\/p>\n\u201cWe lost Bruno on set pieces. We lost Bryan [Mbeumo] and Amad on set pieces. So, this is massive for the team, but it\u2019s an opportunity for other players to step up and to show the leadership that we need in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Reds will be without Kobbie Mainoo again this week, who suffered an untimely injury in training the day before traveling to Villa. Amorim suggested that he would return much sooner than Bruno, but would still miss the clash with Newcastle.<\/p>\n
United\u2019s first taste of action without AFCON stars Mbeumo and Amad didn\u2019t go so well, but Matheus Cunha stepped up as more of a centerpiece in the attack. Amorim also looks forward to seeing more from first team newcomers Jack Fletcher and Shea Lacey, who made their Premier League debuts at Villa Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe behaviour that they have showed during these weeks are really good,\u201d Amorim said of the youngsters. \u201cBut I don\u2019t have that feeling that they were a little bit different because, \u2018I played for Manchester United\u2019. No, they are really focused and they are preparing the game, and they believe that they can play. That is a good feeling. So, nothing different that I saw in the last few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry Maguire and Matthijs De Ligt will both remain sidelined, Amorim confirmed to the media, but Lisandro Martinez continued his return to the pitch with a midfield cameo alongside Manuel Ugarte. The Argentine defender held his own before moving into the back three for the final stages of the match, but could be an option to help bolster the back line with Leny Yoro and Ayden Heaven struggling to form a consistent unit with Luke Shaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United returns to action on Boxing Day at Old Trafford, facing Newcastle in hopes of recording a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,3968,4884,1501,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-652807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-general","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115775833736109553","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652807","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=652807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}