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Sesko and Cunha still absent ahead of Crystal Palace trip
Manchester United will be without two-thirds of their first-choice strikeforce once again when they go to Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Both Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko have been ruled out of the trip to Selhurst Park, meaning Amorim will have to make do with the same attacking options that flopped horribly against Everton on Monday night.
United looked impotent against the Toffees, losing 1-0 despite playing for the majority of the game against 10 men following the dismissal of Idrissa Gueye.
Defender Harry Maguire is another who is also absent.
“Sesko is going to take a little bit more time,” said Amorim, whose side are 10th in the Premier League table. “It will take a little bit longer and we are taking care of him.
“Harry, the same. I expect to have Matheus in the next one [West Ham United on Thursday], not this one.”
We have to start again – Amorim
The Everton defeat was a major blow for United following a five-game unbeaten run that had seen them climb up the Premier League table.
“Start again,” said Amorim when asked what the approach should be now. “It was a really tough week as it should be. It was hard after this result, this defeat. But the process needs to continue and we need to go for the next game and we have to understand, especially in our league this year, everything can change really fast so let’s go again and focus on the next one.
“In our club it is the same thing because last year we had to win every game all the time and we took a lot of criticism because we were not winning. So in our club there is no excuses.
“If I look at the games we should have more points because we had control of some games, we had the advantage in some games and we lost that control. That is really disappointing and really frustrating especially in the last game.”
Second away win is not far away, insists Amorim
United have won just one Premier League game away from Old Trafford this season, at Liverpool in October, but Amorim is confident they are close to unlocking a successful formula.
“We need to show the players why we lost control at Forest, why we lost control against Tottenham,” he said. “And if you look at those games they were there to win. Sometimes a small detail can change everything.
“Then I felt this year when we play at home the intensity is higher and I felt in this game at home [against Everton] the intensity was not at the same level so I think it is something that we need to work on. It is hard to point at one thing why we are not winning away. There are a lot of issues that we are improving. Like I say, we have had the advantage in the away games but we need to know how to finish the games in order to win.”
