Ruben Amorim clarifies who’s in charge of Man United’s set-piece training after shambolic display vs Arsenal

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim explained the new hierarchy in the set-piece training after the flat display at the Emirates Stadium.

The Red Devils suffered their first defeat under the guidance of their new Portuguese tactician.

The 39-year-old had already envisioned ‘the storm’ in the build-up, and the storm indeed raged on Wednesday night.

The Gunners had the upper hand over their visitors in the Premier League’s top midweek attraction.

But while Mikel Arteta’s men couldn’t find the breakthrough in open play, they were able to secure the points thanks to their immense superiority in set pieces.

Arsenal simply looked like scoring every time they had a corner kick, with Declan Rice or Bukayo Saka sending sublime crosses to their teammates who crowded the six-yard box, and they did score on two of those occasions through Jurrien Timber and William Saliba.

On the other hand, the Man United looked uncertain and baffled every time they had to defend a dead-ball situation. Therefore, Amorim was interrogated about the club’s set-piece drills and the men responsible for them.

Amorim reveals who’s in charge of set pieces at Manchester United

The new Man United boss explained that while Andreas Georgson (who arrived in the summer to oversee set pieces in particular) will remain as part of the staff, assistant manager Carlos Fernandes is the one in charge on this front.

“The thinking is Carlos is responsible for set pieces, different stuff. Andreas is also there to help,” said Amorim while explaining why his assistant was spotted barking instructions on the touchline ahead of set pieces (via Manchester Evening News).

“I think if you follow Premier League for a long time you can see that they (Arsenal) are also big players for that. And you can see it on every occasion that (Bukayo) Saka and (Gabriel) Martinelli are one against one, a lot of times they go outside and cross.

“They already know if the cross is going well, they can score. If it’s a corner, they can score. So we have to be better in that situation but like in every area of our game we need time to improve also. But you can see in all Arsenal games every team has a problem with that,”