Manchester United had another serious dent to their ailing Premier League campaign as they suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Newcastle United. During the match, Ruben Amorim made a surprise change, substituting Joshua Zirkzee in the 33 rd minute of the game with Kobbie Mainoo . As speculations started rising about this substitution of Joshua Zirkzee , Manchester United boss, Ruben Amorim cleared the air around it.
Talking in the post-match presser, Amorim highlighted at that particular moment that Zirkzee had to step out in order to accommodate Mainoo. I felt the team was suffering and needed another midfielder to have more and then we started to have more ball with Kobbie Mainoo. But it was really, really tough on me to do that and I talked with Josh about that because it’s important to express the message.
But I’m always thinking about the team and, in that moment, it was important for the team [for] Josh [to] go out. ❗️Rúben Amorim on Zirkzee: “Josh is a really good lad. We will support him and keep going”.
“It was really tough for me to do that, but I've spoken to Josh as it was important to express the message. We needed Josh to go out, for the team”. pic.
twitter.com/opEoK0vz8F Manchester United’s woes kept on rising as they dropped down to 14 th position, losing four out of the last five games. Alexander Isak scored in the 4 th minute to propel Newcastle United to a slender lead.
Furthermore, Joelinton scored in the 19 th to compound the lead and.
