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Man Utd analysis: Amorim gets much-needed win

[Getty Images]Before the start of the second-half, Ruben Amorim came out alone to take his seat in the visitors’ dugout.By that time, an excellent picture had been posted online of Sir Jim Ratcliffe making some point to United’s director of football Jason Wilcox, with chief executive Omar Berrada trapped in between.The caption writers could have had so much fun with it if Amorim’s side had failed to get out of the mess they had landed themselves in by wasting so many chances before the break.By the final whistle, they had 27 shots, 10 of them on target. They really should have scored more than the four, which equals their best single-game haul in 90 minutes this season.Wolves keeper Sam Johnstone denied Diogo Dalot and Bryan Mbeumo. When he saved from Cameroon forward Mbeumo a second time, former Wolves forward Matheus Cunha sent the rebound towards goal but Toti cleared off the line.It even felt like United were trying not to score the goal they actually managed as Cunha elected to tee up Fernandes rather than take aim himself inside the box, before the Portuguese midfielder slipped and almost cost himself a shooting opportunity completely.Amorim must have spent those lonely minutes before his coaching staff appeared for the start of the second half wondering what his team were going to serve up next after Wolves stunned their own supporters by equalising.As it turned out, Wolves were not good enough to stop United taking control. But it felt like another night when there were as many questions as answers for a team which has now lost just once in nine games.

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