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Amorim explains Maguire's role

Harry Maguire up top, an unconventional, perhaps, way to try to score a goal, but he did get one of the best chances. What did you make of that situation, were you at all hesitant to do that?

"In the end of the game, when the opponent is just protecting the box, if you look at the defenders of Nottingham, they are really comfortable. And then with a line of six, not five, a line of six, we can reach the final third but then we have to put the ball inside the box because it’s hard to make the combinations to get inside the box to score goal. Harry Maguire, when he’s attacking in set-pieces, is maybe the best player we have in our team, so inside the box, you are not a defender, you are a striker. So it was that idea to put I one man who is really good in the air to score a goal."

Just one on Alejandro; he had six shots tonight, quite a few off targets, you shifted at half-time I think to the left-hand side. What did you make of his performance overall?

"He’s making everything, he’s trying, sometimes you have one day that you are doing the right things, but in the final third, you are not that good, that can happen. I was also going to ask about Garnacho as well. I know you need these chances, but do you think he’s perhaps trying to play himself into form, doing too much, because at certain times when team-mates are available, it doesn’t seem the best option he’s choosing That can happen in the game, the most important thing again for me is when he needs to run back, he’s running back. Of course, we want a player who has one against one, sometimes he’s trying too much, he has Dorgu to make a movement, but I think he wants to help the team in doing his best. Sometimes he doesn’t make the best choice, but that you can point to any player today."

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