United line up in Plzen
United line up in Plzen
Ruben Amorim criticised Manchester United's "lack of pace" during the first hour of their Europa League victory against Viktoria Plzen.
United went 1-0 down to Matej Vydra's 48th-minute opener and Amorim made three substitutions within the first 15 minutes of the restart.
Marcus Rashford was removed in the 56th minute for Rasmus Hojlund and fellow forward Joshua Zirkzee was hooked five minutes later. A minute after Zirkzee was replaced, United equalised through Hojlund.
Amorim appeared to criticise the lack of penetration from Zirkzee and Rashford, who did not acknowledge the United head coach when he was substituted. Amorim high fived Zirkzee and Tyrell Malacia when they both came off.
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"I’m always frustrated, I think I’m going to be like that for a while," Amorim admitted. "So it’s normal. You want to see better things but then you remember that we did not have so much time to work on this kind of play.
"We clearly had a lack of pace during the first half, we were controlling the game but without many chances because we lacked some runs to push the opponent back. They left us sometimes one against one in front. With our players, we have to be so much better and so much desired in this kind of play.
"So that’s it. I’m always frustrated because I want to see more, like all of us, that’s why they are fighting at the end of the game."
Hojlund scored both of United's goals to take his tally in Europe to ten in 12 games while fellow substitutes Mason Mount and Antony helped up the tempo.
"That is what we have to understand," Amorim said of the substitutes. "The game has 90 minutes, we have three games in three days so we don’t know which player is going to be the most important player in the game.
"And they did it, they changed the game, they are there to do that, so I’m pleased with that."