Ipswich Town 1 v Manchester United 1. Ruben Amorim : “My players were thinking too much in the game, you can feel it. Not just on the ball but where they are supposed to be. And that is hard. It’s just two days with the team so it’s really hard. We needed more physicality in the first half.

“It’s a tough match, we lost some balls without pressure. You have to control the ball and the tempo of the game. They didn’t do it but they really tried. They are really trying and they want this.

“They want this, the players want this, they don’t know how to get it that was my feeling.

“We will try to find a lot of things about the players, we will need a lot of time to work out these things.”

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Manchester United 3 v Leicester City 0. Ruud : “I can only describe that moment, how I felt and as a closure of this block of four games, it felt like a closure and the future is open. That is the way I felt it. It was a beautiful moment to be able to share that with the supporters, it was special.

“What is important for me is that when I started as an interim at the beginning of this four-game period, it was to stabilise and continue playing what the players are used to 85 per cent and put in little tweaks or changing players and resting players.

“And that is where you start to get your own bit of identity in, try to get the confidence back. You could see the quality of the players, still not in a consistent way because there is a lot to improve, but there is a foundation in the last four games of strong unity, good spirit, players who were at it and looking for results and we got four.

Asked if it was goodbye, he added: “No, I felt like closing this period down and it was a moment, here and now and that was the beauty of the moment and where circumstances came together and it was a beautiful moment. Gratitude from my side to them and the reception I was able to receive was unbelievable.”

“It was an interim spell for a short term, it could have been one or two games, they kept me in the loop. It was four. For me, it was important to have that clarity.

“For me the most important thing is the football club and I am here to support that and I want to continue that. Also the communication was after the block of four, there will be communication. Expect to hear today or tomorrow on that.”

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Manchester United 2 v PAOK Salonika 0. Ruud : “Amad made a difference today, because of his goals but he was very sharp. Well done to him, good game. Positionally we weren’t good in the first half. We were much better at that in the second half.

“He has been incredible in training, he always trains well and is asking me to do more.”

Van Nistelrooy added: “It was a pretty poor first half if I’m being nice. The second half way was better. That was clear. For me it was important to get results. I can only be happy with the performance that the players put in.

“I enjoy it but Sunday is another one and I’m so focused on doing that so I’m not thinking of what is next.”

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