Ruben Amorim admitted that Manchester United should be booed more often after an embarrassing defeat to ASEAN All Stars.
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United finished 15th in the Premier League standingsLost 1-0 to ASEAN All-Stars in Malaysia Fans booed the stars after another insipid displayFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
United’s return to Malaysian soil for the first time in 15 years ended in disappointment, as the Premier League giants slumped to a 1-0 defeat against the ASEAN All Stars in front of a massive crowd at Bukit Jalil National Stadium. The 72,550 fans who packed the stadium were treated to a disjointed display from the English side, who failed to register a single goal in their first match of the post-season tour.
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It was a game to forget for the Red Devils, whose sluggish performance drew fervent boos from sections of the crowd at full-time. One particularly wayward pass by young midfielder Toby Collyer while the team was chasing an equaliser sparked one of the loudest boos from frustrated supporters.
WHAT AMORIM SAID
Following the loss, Amorim did not shy away from accepting blame for the underwhelming showing.
"I feel always guilty of the performance of the team since I am here in the first game," Amorim said. "I am guilty then the boos from the fans, maybe it is something we need because every game that we lost in the Premier League, they were always there. I felt when we finished every time the supporters were with us. Let's see for next season. We should perform better. We were slow, we don’t have in us to win every exercise in training, and every game, the important thing is we had no injuries. With some players, it was a risk, but we wanted to show respect to the fans. We should win with these kind of games."
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The loss to the ASEAN All Stars is not the end of United’s off-season obligations in Asia. The team will face the Hong Kong national side on Friday in their final match of the current tour. Meanwhile, a trio of players is scheduled to fly to India for a promotional event, as part of the club's growing commercial footprint in the region.
