An ‘angry’ Ruben Amorim watched Manchester United blow their chance to rise to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) as West Ham salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
Soungoutou Magassa’s 83rd-minute equaliser canceled out Diogo Dalot’s opening goal (58th min) that had put United on course to move level on points with fourth-place Chelsea. Bruno Fernandes squandered two chances to score a winner in added time — blazing a shot wide from inside the box and then volleying another off target.
Ruben Amorim
United coach Amorim said he was ‘frustrated’ and ‘angry’ after seeing his team drop more points. “We should have closed the game with the ball because the game was there to win. The game was under control. We knew it [we needed to] defend far from our box as any set-pieces can be a problem, [but] we couldn’t do it, we couldn’t maintain the ball and again we lost two points,” said the Portuguese coach.
The result leaves the Red Devils in eighth place, two points adrift of the top four, emphasising just how costly their recent run has been.
Recent draws against Nottingham Forest, Tottenham and West Ham all came in games in which United had taken the lead. The only loss on that run came at home to an Everton team that was down to 10 men early in the game.
“We are in the time of the year where you cannot drop too many points or else the distance to the top will be even higher,” defender Dalot said.
“We want to be there and be in the top four or five. Today we had a good chance and that is why the disappointment is even bigger,” he added.
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