New Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim admitted that his side might have lost their 1-1 draw with the Blues at Portman Road but for keeper Andre Onana’s performance.

The Cameroonian international made big saves from Liam Delap in each half and also made a vital stop from Conor Chaplin in the closing moments.

Amorim, who took his team for only two training sessions ahead of today’s game, warns that it will take a while for his ideas to be instilled into his new players.

“We are going to suffer for a long period, and we will try to win games,” he said after the match.

“This will take time, but I know we have to win games. We could have won, we could have lost if it were not for Onana.

“We have to understand that and think and be pragmatic that these guys had two days to train and to change so much.”

The former Sporting Lisbon boss says his team were acting instinctively during the match.

“I think my players were thinking too much during the game,” he added. “You could feel it. They were thinking not just on the ball but about where they were supposed to be.

“In the first half, we needed more physicality. We will have problems; the players will be confused sometimes. But we have to address, [from] this moment, the new ideas and try to be better next year at the same stage.”

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superblues9 added 22:23 - Nov 24 Could of!?? No could of about it defiantly would of lost if wasn't for him
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SoCalTownFan added 01:36 - Nov 25 Yep. He was amazing. Team is rubbish but they have very good individuals, they have the money for the best.
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Linkboy13 added 09:28 - Nov 25 We could have won but for Muric.
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d77sgw added 10:15 - Nov 25 I don't see where this constant knee-jerk criticism of Muric from some gets us. Sure he cocked up a couple of times at City early on, but his saves kept the score down in many games (Everton springs to mind), and was vital in securing points at Brighton and Spurs. He's in the most exposed position on the pitch, where every mistake can have massive consequences - and its not like we haven't seen calamitous defending from others (Greaves v Villa, Burns v Everton) which seem to be forgotten - or indeed from Hladky last season. Muric's shot stopping has generally been excellent, and he's our first keeper since Bart to be really strong on claiming crosses. He certainly needs to work on his communication with the defence, and he doesn't have the composure on the ball that Hladky had, but that will come (he's young, brand new centre back pairing etc.). We need to be building his confidence, not piling in barely 10 games into his Town career...

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timetraveler added 10:28 - Nov 25 Agree with d77. I seem to recall when onana joined United he made mistakes and everyone was saying he wasn’t good enough but look at his performance now. Hopefully muric will come through this as well. I suppose time will tell.
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