Amorim annoyed by wasteful Man Utd

Ruben Amorim

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim blasted his team for their poor finishing (or 'lack of killer instinct') after they threw away a lead against struggling West Ham, ending in a 1-1 draw on Thursday.

United are currently eighth in the Premier League, only two points off the top four. However, they would be much higher up the table if they hadn't also failed to hold onto winning positions against Tottenham and Nottingham Forest recently.

Amorim's side also lost 1-0 at home to Everton in their last game at Old Trafford, even though they played against only ten men for nearly the whole match.

“We should have closed the game with the ball because the game was there to win,” said Amorim.

“The game was under control. We knew it (we needed to) defend far from our box as any set-pieces can be a problem."

“We couldn’t do it, we couldn’t maintain the ball and again we lost two points.”

Diogo Dalot put United ahead just before the 60th minute (or 'hour mark'), but Amorim looked clearly annoyed (or 'frustrated') when Soungoutou Magassa scored the equaliser from a corner with only seven minutes left (or 'seven minutes from time').

“I think the overall performance was not perfect. We had our moments but we lost control in the game in some minutes in the first half and in the second half, especially after the goal,” added Amorim.

“It is really frustrating because you look at the game, you have the game under control and we didn’t win.”