Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim was unsurprisingly delighted with his 10-man team’s performance as they beat the Blues 3-2 at Old Trafford.

Town took the lead in the fourth minute through Jaden Philogene after a mix-up between Patrick Dorgu and keeper Andre Onana but United hit back to lead via a Sam Morsy own goal and Matthijs de Ligt.

The Red Devils were reduced in number just before half-time when Dorgu was dismissed for a wild lunge at Omari Hutchinson’s shins with the scoreline 2-1, before Philogene levelled with his second of the match in injury time.

Town looked favourites at that stage but Harry Maguire’s header gave the home side the lead two minutes after the restart and the Blues failed to lay a glove on United despite the numerical advantage, missing a chance to claim their first win at Old Trafford since 1984.

“It's really good for a coach to see that,” Amorim said. “It's one thing passing that moment to have a performance like this, when the performance is like this, it's not perfect, but we suffered a goal with one mistake.

“In this context, I felt that the team were more calm than in certain games. That's a good thing. We turned things around, scored twice and were clearly in control.

“Then we had the sending off and had to fight for the three points. Today was a good performance in all aspects for my team and also our fans. They were amazing.

“I enjoyed the performance and the way we managed all the things against us. I felt the team were strangely more in control in possession than in other games with 11 players.

“Football is like that sometimes. You get surprises. We defended in the second half and tried to make some transitions to win the game.”

Regarding Town’s first goal, he added: “I think it is something that happen, even with other players. It was like Patrick, when he looked, he saw Andre Onana on the goal but then looked down and made the pass and Andre was already out. A misunderstanding.”

On 20-year-old Dorgu’s red card, Amorim continued: “I didn't see it. The important thing is I know my player and he doesn't want to injure a colleague in his profession. He wants to play the ball. Maybe it was a little bit harsh in the way he went for the ball. I didn't see the image so I have to see it.

“But clearly he's ready for the Premier League. He’s inexperienced but people judge right away. Last week, he was okay and had a good performance against Everton. Today, you say he’s not experienced enough.

“We have central defenders who are very good defending the box and we saw already [with 10 men] against Arsenal and Wolverhampton, when we were so near to drawing game, today we managed to score so the result was very good.”

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Broadbent23 added 09:46 - Feb 27 ManU got lucky last night. We didn't take advantage when the game opened up. Amorim got a freebie win.
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algarvefan added 10:32 - Feb 27 I said this last night, when United went 3-2 up, thye shut us out and defended with experience, we didn't defend well at dead ball situations last night, but United showed how to defend successfully with 10 men. Back to the drawing board, last night makes me wonder what we do in training sometimes or perhaps, as I believe, he is picking the wrong players for a dog fight. Bring in Townsend, Burgess & Woolfenden, play Szmodics, Chaplin & Broadhead behind Hirst. The old guard won't let us down, otherwise we are down.

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baxterbasics added 12:14 - Feb 27 Amorim can kiss my bag
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SpiritOfJohn added 12:22 - Feb 27 Fair play to Man Utd for shutting us out in the second half, but if Amorim thinks they played well in the first half, the Red Devils are in more trouble than I thought...
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chepstowblue added 13:40 - Feb 27 I'd kill to have Harry Maguire in our defence !!
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poet added 15:11 - Feb 27 Couldn’t help smiling at this report. Opposing managers never waste an opportunity to big themselves up regardless of whether or not they deserved to win, and Amorim hasn’t wasted this opportunity. He attempts to give the impression that his side only began fighting in this game after he had a player sent off. If that’s the case, why was the score 2-2 prior to the sending off? Truth is, they were fighting for points in this game from start to finish, despite the fact that they only created one clear cut chance in 90 minutes of open play, which Palmer saved well. Our own goal and two sorrowful attempts at defending 2 set piece plays has handed him those 3 points, which frankly, should have been ours. He doesn’t miss another opportunity to praise the Manchester Utd fans hoping they will love him fo that on their long and arduous journey home, miles away from Manchester. Once again, truth is, these are fans who only shout when things are going well for the team, when they aren’t going well, you can hear the proverbial pin drop.

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DavoIPB added 15:30 - Feb 27 What planet is he on. Worst team and set up I have seen in the premier league this season (apart from us of course)
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Eeyore added 19:52 - Feb 27 Sorry Ruben, worst Man U team I have ever seen apart from the one we beat 6-0 in 1980 ! And yes, I was in the Sir Alex stand opposite our away fans and thay were louder that the United fans. A young lady infront of me actually covered her ears at one point due to the volume and the Town contingent must have been 100m away from us !
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