Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim insisted that seeing Rasmus Hoglund and Amad Diallo visibly arguing after Thursday night's win over Viktoria Plzeň, as frustrations boiled over between the two in the closing stages, was a “very, very good sign”.
Hoglund scored both United goals from the bench After the hosts took a surprising lead at the start of the second half. But as Amorim's side looked to build a two-goal lead in stoppage time, several attacks saw Hoglund and Amad choose not to pass to each other.
The Danish striker was visibly upset when he did not get a ball from Imad in one of these instances. Less than a minute later, he chose not to pass to the Ivorian in what appeared to be retaliation. When the final whistle blew, words were exchanged between the two while on the pitch.
When Amorim was pressed by reporters, he claimed the response was “healthy” and evidence that players “care” about wanting to win.
“For me, it's perfect,” the president said.
“At this moment, we need to feel something, if we need to fight each other, it's like a family, for me it's a very, very good sign. This is important. When you don't care, you don't do anything. When you don't care, you don't Something, caring, quarreling with your brother, with your father, with your mother.
“It's a natural thing, it's a positive thing, a healthy thing. I allow the players and the captain to calm things down. If I think it's too much, I'll (intervene) in the dressing room. But this is their space, they have to talk and fight and that's very important for me.” .
“I'm happy because we won the game and we're still fighting each other. When you win and you fight with your teammate because you want to score another goal, for me, it's a very good day for us.”
Although The performance was not ideal after a dismal first half and then conceded a goalThe result ended a recent string of consecutive defeats and represented the third consecutive win in the Europa League.
