“Manchester United didn’t play particularly well in Ruben Amorim’s first match in charge, a 1-1 away draw against Ipswich Town on Sunday. That wasn’t particularly surprising considering Amorim had only had a couple of days on the training ground with his key players, most of whom were away on international duty last week, and given he switched to a radically different formation to the one used by his predecessor, Erik ten Hag. So what was more significant about yesterday were United’s intentions rather than their actual level of performance. …”
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