Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim defended his determination to play the membership’s new left-footed defender Patrick Dorgu at proper wing-back, a tactical name which obtained a usually blunt appraisal from former Crimson Devils skipper Roy Keane.
The February signing from Lecce was billed as the answer to United’s issues at left wing-back. This stance was solidified by the subsequent departure of left-back Tyrell Malacia on deadline day.
Nevertheless, Dorgu lined up for Friday evening’s FA Cup fourth-round tie in opposition to Leicester Metropolis on the right-hand facet of United’s 3-4-2-1. The relegation-battling guests took a deserved first-half lead after Bilal El Khannouss ferreted down Dorgu’s wing.
Amorim hooked his new recruit throughout the half-time interval, introducing Alejandro Garnacho who helped impressed United’s controversial comeback.
When reflecting on a primary 45 minutes which produced zero photographs on course for the hosts, Keane tore into his former staff. “There’s a lack of perception, insecurity,” he mentioned in his function as an ITV pundit. “They’ve introduced new gamers in, you are pondering he is [Dorgu] going to play in his place and he is taking part in proper wing-back.
“You suppose, is that unfair on gamers? And also you take a look at the urgency for the [Leicester] aim, it is given away cheaply, folks not staying with their runners. I simply take a look at it from United’s standpoint and suppose, my goodness, is that this what it is come to?”
Amorim spent a lot of the opening 45 minutes feverishly feeding his £29m recruit directions. “I used to be making an attempt to assist Dorgu to handle the sport,” the Portuguese boss defined. “He is had three coaching periods so it was onerous for him.”
When pushed on Dorgu’s positioning, Amorim reasoned: “He performed loads of instances for Lecce on the precise and the left. That is one of many traits we pay loads of consideration to. He was slightly bit anxious with the primary contact of the ball. This can be a totally different league for him, totally different pace of the sport however he did effectively.
“He has tempo, he has energy and he’s going to enhance loads. We as a staff have to play higher to assist the brand new man carry out on the proper stage.
“When you’ve got seen the historical past of Dorgu for his final staff he performed loads of video games on the precise and we have now to have wingers who can play each side like [Diogo] Dalot. So I feel it’s a actually vital factor as a result of generally you want a left foot on the precise facet to return in and join another way and generally you want a proper foot to attach and cross extra balls.”
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