Ruben Amorim singled out Manchester United teenager Harry Amass for praise following the side’s 4-1 defeat to Newcastle.
Amass, 18, was given the nod instead of Patrick Dorgu to make his full Premier League debut at St James’ Park and the left-back’s performance was certainly one of the few positive takeaways from an otherwise wretched afternoon for the visitors.
Alejandro Garnacho cancelled out Sandro Tonali’s opener with a composed finish to establish an intriguing second half, just for Newcastle to blow Amorim’s men away after the break.
Harvey Barnes was the pick of Newcastle’s attackers, with the England winger twice capitalising on United’s lackadaisical defending to finish a 15-minute brace on Tyneside.
A misplaced pass from United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir gifted Newcastle their fourth through Bruno Guimaraes and the hosts held firm to maneuver back into the Premier League top 4.
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The Red Devils, meanwhile, remain stranded down in 14th place and the result confirmed the club will finish on their lowest ever points tally within the Premier League,even in the event that they win all of their remaining games.
‘After we suffered the second goal at the start of the second half, we went down and we have to be higher in these moments. We’d like to regulate it,’ United head coach Amorim told reporters at his post-match press conference.
‘They’re already a extremely, really good team, but then with all of the mistakes that we made helped the opponents to win confidence and win the sport.
‘I’m going to proceed to do the identical. We’re going to analyse the sport but we want to concentrate on the following one.
‘We cannot change this one and the following one is very large for us, so let’s concentrate on the following one [against Lyon] on Thursday, to play higher and to win the sport.’
Amorim admitted his side have to ‘improve in loads of things’ before they will start closing the gap on the highest teams within the Premier League.
‘We’d like to maneuver forward and do things so a lot better in the long run to not have this sort of season,’ the Portuguese added.
‘You may see some goals that they [Newcastle] were doing with high pressure and we lost the possession in some moments, in some spaces that we cannot lose possession.
‘We’d like to enhance in loads of things and, again, our position is the reflection of our performances this season and we’ve to just accept that.’
United academy product Amass became the fourth youngest player within the in history to begin a Premier League game for the club – and Amorim was pleased with the teenager’s showing.
‘I feel he did quite well,’ Amorim said.
‘He caught a player that is admittedly fast, he made his debut in possibly certainly one of the toughest stadiums with a team that is admittedly in a very good moment.
‘I feel he did very well so he must proceed and we want to assist all these young kids to perform in the next level.’
In his post-match interview with Sky Sports, a defiant Amorim insisted he ‘didn’t care’ about any criticism coming his way within the wake of United’s latest setback.
‘I understand but I don’t care. Nothing is worse than losing games,’ Amorim said.
‘People can say whatever they need to say. I don’t need to defend myself or anything like that.
‘When you take a look at our position within the table, it says all of it. Thursday is admittedly essential. Losing games is the toughest part by far of this job. Let’s concentrate on Thursday [against Lyon].
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