Amorim explains the ‘massive’ role of Man United fans after ‘incident’ against Newcastle

Ruben Amorim praised Joshua Zirkzee and said that the reaction of Manchester United fans on the “very important” striker because the 33th minute in the defeat of 2-0 in Newcastle on December 33 was replaced after 33 minutes in Newcastle.

The Dutch International Zirkzee scored his seventh goal of the season in all competitions to put United in his 2-2 draw in Lyon In the Europa League Thursday, three days before Newcastle visited Old Trafford (16:30 BST), when the 23-year-old will try to achieve 19 appearances in the Premier League for the first time.

“He does a great job, but the very important thing is the way the fans responded after that incident,” said Amorim, who replaced Zirkzee from Kobbie Mainoo after accepting twice in the introductory 19 minutes of the fourth Portuguese match.

“You see each time, even if Josh does not play, whether it appears on the field or heats up, our fans sing Josh song. It’s massive for players. It’s 50-50: 50% fans, 50% Josh.”

Joshua Zirkzee song

Zirkzee, who Arrived from the Italian club Bologna For £ 36.5 million in July, fans serenaded with a song in the amount of hit Seven Nation Army White White Stripes, which was almost ubiquitically at sports events.

The fans sang a version dedicated to Zirkzee at United’s next 2-2 draw in Liverpool, despite the goal of singing for only four minutes at Anfield.

Since then, 10 out of 18 united matches began, although last season the best young player scored four minutes after he left the bench with a 2-1 victory over Leicester City at FA Cup on February 7th.

Zirkzee has two goals in the last three Europa League appearances and has scored the shooting while United won Arsenal in Fa Cup on January 12th, although he missed the last video when Fulham eliminated them at home in the fifth round of March 2.

Man United vs Lyon: amome ‘carefully’

United looked like he had won his quarterfinal first leg against the French side, when Zirkzee, who replaced Rasmus H

Rayan Cherrkin used to visit goalkeeper Andre onan as he broke the shotgun equalize five minutes of added timeAnd Amorim was asked if the importance of another leg at Old Trafford on Thursday (20:00) would affect his choices against Newcastle, with United had little to play in the league.

“Game win is the best way to prepare for the next,” he told Amorim. “We will be careful with some players, but we have to be competitive.

“When you play for Manchester United, you can’t afford to think about the next game. We have to think about the way we want to play this type of games, and we are more consistent.”

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Man United VS Newcastle: Fernandes ‘Evaluation’

Bruno Fernandes set the latest goal of Zirkzee, and Amorim said that “evaluation” would happen to the fitness midfielder, which has been almost always present this season.

“We will make this assessment with all the staff, with all the information we have,” said Amroim. “Bruno Fernandes plays all the time and plays better.

“Sometimes this type of player has to play in every game, but we will turn to the day we have to prepare.”

Five -ranked Newcastle have 15 more points than united in 13. And he won the fourth consecutive match at all competitions on Monday, hitting Leicester 3-0.