Ruben Amorim said he wouldn’t throw the games into the game Premier League help Manchester UnitedOffer to win the European League before their hard way Newcastle United Sunday.
United has only three days to prepare for the game in St James’ Park after 2-2 Draw with Lyon Thursday.
Amorim admitted that he would have to be “cautious” with the fitness of his players, but insists that he would not sacrifice the chance to climb the table with too much rotation, although he is facing a major second leg against Lyon next week.
“Sometimes the winning game is the best way to prepare for the next,” Amorim said.
“Of course I will be cautious with some players, but we have to be competitive again. When you play for Manchester United, you can’t go into the game to think about another.
“So we will face this and then we will have three days, prepare for another without a lot of running and a lot of training.”
“It’s just recovery and then we’ll be fine on Thursday (for the other leg against Lyon) with our fans. But we have to face Newcastle in a way we can win.”
While United disappears in 13th place in the table, Newcastle is fighting for a place in the Champions League.
Eddie Howe’s side won four of her last five league games to sit in fifth place – the last place of the Champions League after confirmed that the first five would be played in the competition next season.
Newcastle In December he comfortably won at Old Trafford And Amorim is wary of the threat they will present on Sunday.
“They have top players, really good at set-piece, physicality and the way they run when they are defeated in the first pressure,” said United’s boss.
“They played together for a while and won a title that was really emotional for everyone, you can see it this week.
“We are more consistent in the way we play games, and on Sunday we will try to do the same.”
Meantime, Joshua Zirkzee resisted André Onana After two mistakes goalkeeper, United stood a victory against Lyon.
AMORIM then said that he remains “really confident” in Onan and Zirkzee backed up their manager by insisting that it would be “ridiculous” to eliminate Cameroon International to blame.
“We’re one team,” Zirkzee said. “We won’t take someone to make mistakes. That’s ridiculous.”
