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3 days ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
MANCHESTER United slumped to another Old Trafford league defeat, thanks to Pablo Sarabia’s free-kick, and Ruben Amorim provided the answer to one very simple question. If United supporters were wondering what their team would have looked like this season without their inspirational skipper Bruno Fernandes, Amorim’s decision to start with him on the bench provided the depressing answer.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
A DISAPPOINTING goalless Manchester derby summed up the poor league campaigns being endured by both clubs and left the pair staring at an unwanted 30-year-old record. Not since 1995-96 has there been a season without a Manchester club in the Champions League, a scenario that Ruben Amorim could prevent by winning the Europa League with United. They face a quarter-final first leg in Lyon on Thursday.
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1 month ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
RUBEN Amorim and Manchester United’s miserable season continued at Old Trafford as the FA Cup holders exited the competition in desultory fashion, after Bernd Leno made penalty shoot-out saves that denied Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee. Goals from Calvin Bassey and Bruno Fernandes had left the fifth round tie all square after the 90 minutes, and additional 30. But a disappointing contest made way for the drama of spot kicks.
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2 months ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
THE FA Cup, a lifeline for Erik ten Hag when he won it last season, may prove to be so again, for his successor Ruben Amorim, judging bt this stunning fourth round win, clinched by Harry Maguire’s 93rd minute header. The half-time introduction of winger Alejandro Garnacho altered the destiny of a game that looked to be slipping out of United’s reach as they trailed at the interval.
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2 months ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Winrow |Old Trafford
Jean-Philippe Mateta gave Ruben Amorim a painful, first-hand example of the value of a specialist striker as his two goals condemned Manchester United to yet another Old Trafford defeat.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
JACK Butland’s horrendous second half mistake should have gifted Manchester United a much-needed routine win to leave Ruben Amorim’s struggling side handily placed to secure a top-eight finish in the Europa League. Instead, after conceding a disastrous late equaliser, Amorim once again needed his countryman Bruno Fernandes to come to his rescue as he scored a sensational 92nd minute winner.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
OLD Trafford rose to pay tribute to Denis Law yesterday, but once proceedings turned to football matters, there was no hint of the former glories presided over by the Manchester United great. Bruno Fernandes equalised an early opening goal from Yankuba Minteh from the penalty spot but second half goals from the excellent Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter condemned United to their sixth home defeat of the Premier League season.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
NOT for the first time in recent weeks, Ruben Amorim saw Amad Diallo snatch vital goals, with a 12-minute hat-trick that averted disaster for his team but, as had been the case so often this season, Manchester United managed to follow a couple of shuffles forward with a step back. Trailing to a deserved opener from the team rock bottom in the Premier League, Joshua Zirkzee capped an influential substitute outing by driving forward and finding Diallo on the wing ten minutes from time.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
Ruben Amorim saw Manchester United fall to their second defeat in a week as his new-look team’s defensive shortcomings were brutally exposed. The hosts equalised early through Rasmus Hojland and, after trailing 3-1 following a second half collapse, were given hope by Bruno Fernandes scoring their second of the night. But all the new Portuguese manager’s dire warnings about the size of the task he faces in restoring United to former glories were confirmed by this painful defeat.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | Ian Whittell |Old Trafford
Europa League: Manchester United 3 (Garnacho 1', Hojlund 45',50') FK Bodø/Glimt 2 (Evjen 19', Zinckernagel 23')Ruben Amorim’s first home game as Manchester United manager ended in a much-needed victory thanks to two goals from Rasmus Hojlund and one inside the opening minute of his reign from Alejandro Garnacho. That was the good news for United. But there was plenty of bad, also, especially defensively, as they almost managed to snatch disaster out of victory.
