Head coach Ruben Amorim of Manchester United thought that his side was too soft in their 2-2 draw with Everton in Goodison Park on Saturday.
Amorim's side had come two goals before the break after he was thoroughly surpassed by Everton, with Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure on the score sheet.
Nevertheless, Bruno Fernandes' free kick and an excellent attack by Manuel Ugarte United Battle to Salvage saw a point.
Amorim, however, thought that there was a lot that his team must have done better.
“We have to win three points and we have to win the whole game. The worst thing is that we lose the ball without pressure and we don't do what we should do. We were soft,” Amorim told TNT Sports.
“In the training we have to keep doing the same thing. We have not changed anything in the second half. We have to do the same, but in a good way. We have to improve when creating opportunities and we also score goals in this game.
“I don't know, if I know, I'll change it. Everything we do in the week, we have to do better in the game. At the moment we have to concentrate our day after day. We have to survive this season and Then we can think ahead.
“I don't just want to say the negative part. In the second half we were almost to win this game.”
Despite an improved second half of United, there were a few nervy moments for them at death after referee Andrew Madley initially fined Everton after Ashley Young was apparently felled in the box before he deducted after consultation with the consultation With the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation With the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the consultation with the VAR.
Amorim, however, believed that Madley eventually made the right call and wondered whether the attack had been serious enough to name an error.
“I think it was a soft touch of what I saw. I think it was a soft penalty, it was clear,” he said.
Captain Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United meanwhile agreed with the feelings of Amorim and acknowledged that they should start with games better.
Fernandes was crucial for the revival of United, although they claimed that they should never have been in that situation.
“We had our chances in the second half, but the problem is that we started the game too late. We gave it away in the first half. We were too static and it was difficult to create some situations. We have to start the games better, “he said.
“We spoke during the break. Every time we give a goal than we are, it's the only time we start. Now we can take more risks and go further. We have to start the game like that. We are within a situation In which we have to win games and score goals. “
Fernandes has more Premier League goals -involvement against Everton than any other side (11 -six goals, five assists).
FT: Everton 2-2 Manchester United
Just like drawing, it is a difficult one to take. The blues deserved more, but are forced to settle for only one point in Goodison Park. pic.twitter.com/3YZ8KPFHQG
– Everton (@EVerton) 22 February 2025
Everton manager David Moyes, on the other hand, was satisfied with the point and the performance of his players, while he also accepted a shade of disappointment that they could not hold for all three.
“I am very happy that we have received a point, because it is someone else in the direction of safety and that is the task at the moment. I am disappointed that we did not get all three. A few days ago we pulled 2- 2 With Liverpool and that felt like a victory, maybe today it feels like a defeat, but close, “he said in his press conference after the game.
“I thought the team played really well, their free kick [goal] The momentum changes, United has not caused us too many problems.
“When we were 2-0, we should have been 3-0, we had a few big opportunities to get the third goal.”
At the penalty incident at the end of the game, Moyes was surprised that it was destroyed, which suggested that it was not a clear and obvious mistake to grant the spot kick.
“I can't understand why the referee on the field makes the decision and then doesn't stop. I thought he made the right decision at the time,” he said.
“I didn't think it was a clear and obvious mistake. I didn't think VAR should be involved.”
This is the sixth time in the Premier League that a party has avoided the defeat after being 2+ goals in a match between Everton and United, the joint-mast in the history of the competition, together with Leicester City v Southampton and Arsenal V Tottenham Hotspur.
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