Ruben Amorim has revealed the reason behind the substitutions of Leni Yoro and Matthijs de Ligt, with both players suffering injuries in the game against Rangers.
Manchester United beat Rangers 2-1 at Old Trafford and moved into fourth place in the Europa League table with just one game left. Bruno Fernandes scored a late
winner to give Amorim his third European victory in two games in the competition.
However, there was bad news for the 39-year-old United manager as the team had to change two of their three starting centre-backs for the game.
Yoro lasted only 10 minutes of the second half, before he was replaced. By Tyrell Malacia and prompted a reshuffle that led to Diogo Dalot dropping into the back three.
After the game, Amorim spoke to เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง‘s Liam Bradford and provided an update on the pair’s fitness, in advance of the Sunday night trip to Fulham.
“He [De Ligt] has a pain,” said Ruben. “So he cannot risk [it]. Leny felt pain also, so he cannot risk [it].
“We have a lot of different players that can play so it was that. We cannot lose anybody.
“Everybody has to be prepared. I need to show confidence, instead of putting players in for a long time. And we have other players who can play.”
Amorim revealed after the game that De Ligt and Yoro both had injuries. That made him not want to risk leaving them on the pitch any longer.
“Matthijs de Ligt felt something was wrong with his leg, as did Leni Yoro,” Amorim said after the game. “We couldn’t take the risk. I know we wanted to win, but we have to show the players that everyone is important.”