Ruben Amorim admits anxiety despite maiden Man United win

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has said his side are causing him to be “anxious” and “nervous” while the players cope with his tactical demands. 

Amorim registered his first win as the former Sporting Lisbon manager opened his account and that too at Old Trafford with a 3-2 victory over Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League on Thursday. 

The Norwegian side briefly led 2-1 in the first half and the new United coach admitted that watching his side from the sidelines in the early weeks has been nerve-shredding. 

"I get anxious because I don't know what will happen -- you don't control nothing at the moment -- we are trying to see different things," Amorim told TNT Sports.

"I don't know the players and we have not worked a lot together. We go to the game excited, but at the same time you are nervous because you don't know how the game will go."

Amorim made quite a few changes; 6 in total to the team which played a 1-1 draw with Ipswitch in his opening game in charge bringing in Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martinez, Mason Mount, Antony, Rasmus Højlund and Manuel Ugarte. 

The Portuguese coach said he saw improvement against Bodo/Glimt but revealed he will be compelled to make more changes when Sean Dyche’s Everton visit Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday. 

"I think we have improved from Ipswich and we improved in the quality with the ball," he said.

"We will have to change players [against Everton]. We tried to press all the time and the last 10 minutes it was tough.

"I felt Rasmus Højlund was dead. I felt some players were tired.

"Antony came back from injury, he had to go out of the game and we did four substitutions because of the fitness of the players. We are in that moment and we need the squad together."