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<\/p>\nPressure has been mounting on the Red Devils boss after the club\u2019s worst top-flight season in 51 years was compounded by a sluggish start to the new campaign.<\/p>\n
Under-fire Amorim got the response he needed to United\u2019s meek Manchester derby defeat, with Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro scoring in a chaotic first half bookended by red cards before the hosts saw off a late Chelsea charge sparked by Trevoh Chalobah\u2019s header.<\/p>\n
“You want to perform but at the end of the day what matters is points. We haven’t been getting the points we wanted,\u201d said Fernandes.<\/p>\n
“At the end of the game we were very strong in defending our box and putting them in positions of crossing.<\/p>\n
“We got the [Chelsea’s] red card because our mentality was starting the game so strong. The players have to run behind whenever Ben goes for the ball and that’s what Bryan did.<\/p>\n
“It [United’s red] didn’t change anything. We wanted to close the middle. Without Delap who makes the runs for the team, Joao Pedro wants to link up.<\/p>\n
“We gave them the chance to go down the side and then close them with our wing-backs. Our centre-backs were very good to defend the box.”<\/p>\n
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Manchester United’s Casemiro (left) celebrates with Bruno Fernandes after scoring his sides second goal during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture date: Saturday September 20, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts\/PA Wire.
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It was an action-placed match played in challenging conditions at Old Trafford, where the hosts capitalised on Chelsea goalkeeper Sanchez\u2019s mistimed tackle five minutes into the game.<\/p>\n
Fernandes marked his 200th Premier League appearance with his 100th goal for United and Casemiro nodded Amorim\u2019s men further ahead before needlessly picking up a second yellow card in first-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n
“Obviously I’m very proud of that – two massive milestones. Not something I was aiming for. I just aimed to play the next game,\u201d said Fernandes of his double milestone.<\/p>\n
United fans goaded Chelsea substitute Alejandro Garnacho on his return to Old Trafford, with Chalobah\u2019s header making for a nervy ending but failing to inspire a Chelsea comeback.<\/p>\n
The relief was palpable at the end of a match that started with the visitors shooting themselves in the foot.<\/p>\n
Sanchez had denied an early Bryan Mbeumo effort and his next attempt to stop the lively summer signing led to an early bath.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Sesko\u2019s brilliant flick-on put Mbeumo in behind Chelsea\u2019s backline, with the keeper rashly bringing down the forward with a high tackle as last man. Referee Peter Bankes had no choice but to brandish a red card.<\/p>\n
Enzo Maresca brought on goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen for Estevao and, before play resumed, decided to move to a back five by introducing Tosin Adarabioyo. Pedro Neto was sacrificed and screamed in frustration.<\/p>\n
The match became an attack-versus-defence exercise, but patient United found a way through in the 14th minute.<\/p>\n
Noussair Mazraoui did well to get over a first-time cross from the right and Patrick Dorgu headed the ball back across goal for Fernandes to prod past Jorgensen. The goal was awarded after a lengthy VAR check for offside.<\/p>\n
Mbeumo bent a shot narrowly wide from the edge of the box as United sought a quickfire second and Maresca reacted by taking off star man Cole Palmer in the 20th minute to the delight of the Old Trafford faithful.<\/p>\n
Casemiro saw a goal ruled out after Amad Diallo failed to keep the ball in play before crossing, but the Brazil midfielder would not be denied for long.<\/p>\n
Chelsea failed to deal with danger and Luke Shaw bravely attacked a high ball, with the ball going off Harry Maguire and on to Casemiro to nod past Jorgensen in the 37th minute.<\/p>\n
Maresca\u2019s visitors looked rattled as United showed the aggression Amorim had called for in the build-up, albeit Casemiro took it too far five minutes into first-half added time.<\/p>\n
The veteran had already been booked and his overzealous challenge on Andrey Santos led referee Bankes to show him a second yellow. Amorim walked away shaking his head.<\/p>\n
Manuel Ugarte replaced Sesko for a second half that began with pools of surface water making play difficult.<\/p>\n
Garnacho received an earful from the Stretford End as he warmed up in front of them, but he would not step on to the field as Maresca looked to other players after Wesley Fofana saw a goal from a corner ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n
United made changes of their own as the sought to keep Chelsea at bay, but Amorim\u2019s men rarely do things the easy way.<\/p>\n
The tired-looking hosts were caught cold from a quickly-taken corner as Reece James swung in a fantastic cross for an unmarshalled Chalobah to head past Altay Bayindir in the 80th minute.<\/p>\n
Fernandes saw a shot well saved and Bayindir survived a late scare after pushing a James cross back into the danger zone, with the final whistle bringing United\u2019s second win of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pressure has been mounting on the Red Devils boss after the club\u2019s worst top-flight season in 51 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,898,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-33373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-latest-news-ticker","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}