Ruben Amorim makes complaint of Man Utd players despite Liverpool victory

Ruben Amorim suggested that his Manchester United players lacked composure despite the Red Devils securing a dramatic win over Liverpool. Harry Maguire was the hero for the visitors, with the defender thumping home a late header to snatch all three points. Bryan Mbeumo had opened the scoring after just 61 seconds before Cody Gakpo gave Liverpool hope with an equaliser in the second half.

The result marked United's first victory at Anfield since 2016 and saw them register back-to-back league wins under Amorim for the first time. He was not entirely happy with his players, though, accusing them of losing their composure in the second half as Liverpool gained the upper hand. Amorim also made it clear that he would not be basking in the glory of beating Liverpool with a tough game against Brighton just around the corner.

"I think that was the biggest win in my time at Manchester United, it means a lot today but tomorrow it won't mean a lot, it's three points and it's a good victory," he told Sky Sports after the final whistle.

"We fought for every ball, we lost our composure in the second half but the spirit was there and that is the most important thing, if you have the spirit you can win any game. It was a good day and now I am concerned about Brighton."

Quizzed on how United managed to beat Liverpool against the odds, Amorim replied: "We just saw the game and knew how important our set pieces are and the guys that have more experiences are on in the beginning.

"Every time we play in this environment well if you block well in the beginning you can feel the defence turning and we feel that in our stadium and all the big teams feel that. A good win.

"It will give us more confidence through the week and pleasure to our fans, they deserve it and that is in our hands. This is in the past, now it's time to look at the future."

Arne Slot, meanwhile, suggested that Liverpool struggled to deal with United's defensive tactics in a slightly bitter post-match interview.

"It is always difficult to play against a team that defends in a low block and mainly plays the long ball," said the Reds manager. "It makes it even more difficult when you go one down after one minute when one of our players are on the floor.

"If you would have told me before the game that against the low block, against so many long balls, that we would have created as many chances as we did I would have not expected us to lose, but that is what we did.

"We had enough chances to score more than one goal, but on the other hand again conceding two and one of the two was the set piece."