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Mikel Arteta has spoken ahead of Arsenal's home clash with Man Utd in the Premier League.
Amorim is unbeaten across his first three matches as United head coach but faces his toughest test yet when they travel to face second-place Arsenal in midweek. United will need to improve if they are to avoid defeat at the Emirates, but will be buoyed by the knowledge Amorim has already tasted success there in his managerial career, when Sporting knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League at the quarter-final stage last year.
Arteta believes it will be a very different test facing United in midweek and is impressed by how quickly Amorim has already implemented his blueprint on the side.
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"Well you can see his fingerprints [on the club], you know what he wants to do straight away, I think he’s been very clear," the Arsenal manager said ahead of the match. "He’s been very successful with Sporting, it’s remarkable after so many years what he achieved there, especially in the way he did it and the way his teams have been playing. He brings energy to the club, to the players, new ideas and that’s always something that’s positive but we have to focus on what we have to do."
He added: "It’s not revenge it’s always about another opportunity and whether you have beaten them or lost against any opponent, in the end, it’s going to be very different to the past. We learned that, we played against Sporting a few days ago and it was very different to two years ago. It has no meaning."
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