Man United 1-1 Wolves: What Amorim said

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim speaking to BBC's Match of the Day: "Strange game. We knew it would be a different game to Newcastle. We needed more imagination today to create chances. We struggled in the first half trying to steal the ball. They put a lot of men in the midfield. We tried, but the quality was not there. We need to recover to the next one."

On missing players: "Not using anything as an excuse. We tried to put two strikers in and then conceded from a set piece. Today was not our day."

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On conceding just before the break: "We need to work on that because it's not the first time. The fluidity of the game was not there. We tried.

"We tried to overload one side, but in the Premier League you need one v one, and you need that, and we didn't have it today.

"We don't have the guys that play outside - we tried to overload the middle, but today was not our day.

"Even against Everton, it was three points lost, West Ham was two points lost. Always frustrating. Football is like that. If you focus on the performance, we struggled today."

Did you know?

• Manchester United have now drawn five of their last seven Premier League matches when they've scored first (W2) and have won just 52% of games under Ruben Amorim when going 1-0 up (11/21).

• Joshua Zirkzee ended a run of 15 home Premier League appearances without a goal for Manchester United – he netted his first at Old Trafford since scoring a brace against Everton in December 2024.