Everton went down to 10 men early in the first half against Man Utd but still managed to claim a 1-0 win.
Idrissa Gana Gueye was shown a red card.
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Ruben Amorim disagreed with the decision to send off Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye against Manchester United and said that he wants his players to "fight each other".
Gueye was sent off for slapping teammate Michael Keane in the 13th minute of the game. The Premier League said on the decision: "The referee’s call of red card to Gueye for violent conduct was checked and confirmed by VAR – with the action deemed to be a clear strike to the face of Keane."
Despite playing most of the contest with 10 men, Everton were able to secure three points thanks to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's strike in the first half. Amorim was asked whether he was embarrassed about the result, and responded: "It was also 11 v 11, the first moments you can feel it."
He explained that he disagreed with the sending off, saying: "Fighting is not a bad thing, it doesn’t mean they don’t like each other. I don’t agree with that sending off, we can fight with teammates.
"I hope my players, when they lose the ball, they fight each other. They cannot be a sending off, but my players show many games that we can do it. Today we didn’t manage to do it."
Amorim added on the display: "When you have more players with different characteristics, you have more options to score goals, especially against low blocks.
"We could lose the game, but with a different intensity. The other team fight each other and we didn’t understand the moments of the game and that is my fault, I need to explain every moment."
David Moyes discussed Gueye's red card during his post-match interview with Sky Sports, and the Everton manager said that he likes it when his players fight each other.
"If nothing happened, I don't think anyone in the stadium would have been surprised," said Moyes. "I thought the referee could have taken a bit longer to think about it.
"I got told that the rules of the game that if you slap your own player, you could be in trouble. But there's another side to it: I like my players fighting each other, if someone didn't do the right action. If you want that toughness and resilience to get a result, you want someone to act on it.
"I'm disappointed we got the sending off. But we've all been footballers, we get angry with our teammates. He's apologised for the sending off, he's praised the players and thanked them for it and apologised for what happened."