Man Utd vs Southampton LIVE SCORE: Amorim’s men look to claim first Premier League win of year against struggling Saints
View from SunSport's Ken Lawrence at Old Trafford
Getting any sort of result from their last two fixtures looked too much for Ruben Amorim’s new United less than a fortnight ago.
Yet they emerged from Anfield with a creditable 2 – 2 draw then left the Emirates in ten-man glory after a dramatic FA Cup shoot – out victory.
Playing against the rock-bottom side in the Prem, one that has scored just 13 goals, has a different type of pressure as boss Amorim stressed.
He wants a repeat of the two high – press, all – heart performances that gave his side – and him – huge boosts. Anything less against Saints and he’s made it plain he won’t be a happy camper at all.
The Portuguese boss added: "We don't spend a lot of times during games in the last third with the ball - we did it against Nottingham Forest but we need to improve in that part of the game.
"I understand in this moment it is OK to play like that against Liverpool and Arsenal - against Arsenal we waited for the opportunity but in the future you cannot play like that and I know that but we need time to build a different way of playing.
"In the future we are going to focus a lot on that."
