EPL: ‘It was strange’ – Rooney slams Amorim over tactics

Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney, has slammed the club’s boss, Ruben Amorim, claiming the Portuguese is getting his tactics wrong.

This was after the Red Devils’ defeat against Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday.

Rooney pointed out that the wingbacks failed to create enough pressure, leading to Manchester United’s getting outnumbered in midfield.

It was Manchester United’s 16th Premier League defeat of the season, losing 4-3 against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium.

The Portuguese boss featured a heavily rotated squad following 3-0 victory against Atletic Club in the UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday.

However, they failed to impress and looked disjointed on the pitch.

Rooney slammed Amorim’s tactics on Match of the Day 2, “It’s strange, because that’s why you play a back five with wingbacks.

“They have to put pressure on the ball or otherwise you get outnumbered in the midfield and the ball comes back into midfield. It was strange, but they had a lot of young players.

“There was a lack of movement and a lack of knowhow on the pitch. They’ve got a 17-year-old lad up front – the youngest ever to start up front for United – and they’re just launching balls up to him.

“I really felt for Obi today because you can tell he’s inexperienced but it looked like he had no help, they were just throwing balls up to him.”

The Red Devils took the lead through Mason Mount (14′) against Brentford.

However, Luke Shaw’s own goal (27′) restored parity before Kevin Scade (33′, 70′) and Yoane Wissa (74′) made it 4-1 for the Bees.

United got a couple more goals back through Alejandro Garnacho (82′) and Amad Diallo (90+5′).

EPL: ‘It was strange’ – Rooney slams Amorim over tactics