Ruben Amorim praised his Manchester United squad after their 2-2 draw with Premier Legaue leaders Liverpool.
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Amorim praises his United players after draw with Liverpool
Amad Diallo struck an 80th minute equaliser at Anfield, after goals from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool a 2-1 lead.
Lisandro Martínez scored the opening goal for United.
The draw snapped United’s three-game losing streak in the Premier League.
United had a chance to win when Harry Maguire missed a clear shot seven minutes into stoppage time.
Amorim said he used his shock therapy approach to wake the club up from its slump.
“I’m trying that [motivation] every day,” Amorim told reporters. “I’m trying to push this team every day, sometimes it’s maybe not the best way.”
“I am always challenging these players in everything I do because I feel we are, not just the players, but everybody at Manchester United is too comfortable.”
“So I think sometimes we need a shock, and you can see today we were a different team. It was not about the system, it was about the way we faced the competition. I think it’s a very good sign. It’s really clear, we lost three games in a row at home, some of the games we suffer two goals without doing nothing.”
“I am upset today, really upset. I am pleased for the performance but everyone today is going to say to that team that they did a good job.”
“Today I am allowed to be the only guy upset with the team, but today we were a team.”
“We need to be really consistent”
United had lost five of their last six league games before their clash with Liverpool.
The Red Devils will next face Arsenal in their FA Cup third-round tie on January 12.
Amorim wants his players to be consistent and avoid another slump after a big result.
“Of course, not just to the end of the season, is so long, but we had some good games during this last month but then we drop again,” Amorim said.
“It’s something that we need to be really consistent. We had this talk after against [Manchester] City and it was the same. We can talk, but we need to show and do it, and the best thing is tomorrow we have training and we have to maintain the same level of mentality.”
