Ruben Amorim: Man Utd boss explains decision to play Harry Maguire as makeshift forward amid attacking struggles | Football News happymamay

Manchester United, President of Manchester United, explained his decision to play defender Harry Maguire as a temporary striker in the last moments of defeat against Nottingham Forest.

United suffered a 1-0 defeat for the forests that were placed in the third place on the city’s land, thanks to Anthony Elanga’s effort in the first half against his previous side, but he approached a draw across Maguire with the last game kick.

The alternative ascended the bench in the 88th minute and most of his effort towards the goal, only to see it was cleared of the line by Morillo with seconds to go in the game.

“At the end of the game, when the opponent protects the box, they are comfortable,” Amum said at his press conference after the match.

“We can reach the last third, but we must put the ball in the box, as it is difficult to make groups. Harry Maguir, when he attacks the specified pieces, may be the best player in the team.

“Inside the box, you are not a defender, you are a striker. Place a really good man to score the goal.”

United had a total of 23 rounds in the evening, where six of them were on the target, but they were unable to summon the forest goalkeeper in any form of useful work until he was beaten from Maguire’s effort, to be saved at the appropriate time from his teammate Morillo.

When asked about United’s struggles in front of the goal, Amorim continued: “This is clear. We have created some opportunities but we can create more with the possession that we had.

“We have often reached the last third, but we need to be better. It is important to score goals and we have a deficiency in goals.

“We put the forests in the place where they wanted to be. They have quick players in transformations, and we pushed forward but in the last third, we were not good enough.”

Man UTD Strikers deception

Sky Sports’ Lewis Jones:

Joshua Zerkzi and Hasseos Holund remains a hot theme of the discussion for Manchester United after he took the couple to deceive them again in the 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Zirkzee played 78 minutes on the city’s ground and failed to get a shot, a touch in the forest penalty area or create one opportunity for his teammates. The game seemed to be going through the usual heroes of the citizens in terms of making things happen in Bruno Fernandez and Alejandro Grancho led the charge on that front.

Zirkze is now without a goal in the Premier League since December 1.

This is 17 games.

Hojlund spread from the bench when breaking and managed to get at least one shot in its veil, but this was good as it happened in another taming performance.

Zirkze and Hojlund appears to have problems at the end of things. There is not a lot of error at the present time with United’s accumulation, but there are such amazing instincts or even what appears to be a desire to go and make a change within the box from the husband.

This was completely embodied by Harry Maguire, who was at the forefront as the center of the emergency in 88 minutes. At that time – eight minutes in total – Maguire had three shots, six touches in the opposition fund and published an expected number of 0.59. Surprisingly, he accumulates expected goals in those eight minutes more than Holund in his last 15 games.

When Maguire provokes more threats on your site in just eight minutes, it begins to become embarrassing to the difference in the American center.