Amorim flanked by his assistant Carlos Fernandes
The Manchester United boss had made changes to his coaching staff
Ruben Amorim has revealed a shake-up in Manchester United's coaching roles, with Carlos Fernandes now spearheading the team's set-piece defence strategy.
Despite Andreas Georgson's arrival in the summer as the new set-piece coach, it appears Fernandes has taken the reins under Amorim's management. Georgson, who previously made his presence known in the technical area during set pieces, now takes a backseat while Fernandes orchestrates the defensive setup.
This change comes even though United have ramped up their set-piece defensive drills in pre-match warm-ups, a move that didn't prevent Arsenal from scoring twice from corners in their 2-0 win on Wednesday that spelled Amorim's first loss as United manager.
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Amorim clarified the situation, saying: "The thinking is Carlos is responsible for set pieces, different stuff," adding: "Andreas is also there to help. That's it. That's the reason.
"I think if you follow Premier League for a long time you can see that they (Arsenal) are also big players for that. And you can see it in every occasion that (Bukayo) Saka and (Gabriel) Martinelli has one against one, a lot of times they go outside and cross.
"They already know if the cross is going well, they can score. If it's a corner, they can score. So we have to be better on that situation but like in every area of our game we need time to improve also. But you can see in all Arsenal games every team has a problem with that," reports the Manchester Evening News.
Ruben Amorim
Manchester United failed to deal with Arsenal's potency from corners in their 2-0 defeat
Amorim issued caution before the match about an oncoming "storm" and suggested that United were likely to encounter challenges, remarking that they could be "found out" in certain games. His side's susceptibility at set-pieces was highlighted as they struggled against Arsenal, who had numerous corners throughout the game.
Reflecting on his choice of words, Amorim seemed to express some regret during his Monday press conference by stating: "I have to be careful what I say!
"If you follow football you understand this moment, what can happen in this moment. And then when I came from Sporting, I live the same situation. It's a big club and you know everything is okay when you lose one game. Everything is not okay. I'm expecting that.
"Sometimes I'm too strong with words! Sometimes you have bad moments when you are changing so many things in order to improve."
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