EPL: Amorim hails two Man Utd players despite loss to arsenal

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has praised Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha despite their narrow defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.

The Red Devils opened their Premier League campaign with a 1-0 loss to Mikel Arteta’s side.

Riccardo Calafiori scored the only goal of the match at Old Trafford in the first half.

Amorim admitted there were areas his team must improve but insisted they did many things right.

He told BBC Match of the Day: “We deserved more and we were the better team, that is clear but in the end we lost.

“We need to work on the things we need to improve. We need to defend set pieces. We were more aggressive and brave.

“In certain moments I think Bryan [Mbeumo] and Cunha helped a lot. We stuck to the plan even when the stadium is nervous, we continued to play the way we played and that will help us in the future.”