MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United’s new interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick mentioned he was impressed with how effectively his workforce responded to his enter throughout Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace.
A 77th-minute objective from Fred earned Rangnick a victory in his first sport in cost at Old Trafford.
United produced a way more aggressive press, in line with Rangnick’s choice, within the opening a part of the sport and though that pale, they saved Palace away from objective for lengthy intervals.
“I’m very blissful with the best way the workforce carried out, particularly the primary half hour, with the urgent, it was distinctive. The solely factor lacking was the 1-0 or 2-0,” Rangnick informed reporters.
“The means we defended, we had management of the entire sport, the clear sheet was an important half.
“These are the issues we should enhance. We must preserve clear sheets. With simply the one coaching session, I used to be actually impressed. We did a lot better than anticipated,” he mentioned.
“We at all times tried to be on the entrance foot. We had been by no means not other than possibly the final 5 minutes. At all different occasions we had been attempting to maintain them away from our objective,” he added.
Rangnick opted for a slender system with Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo in assault, and Jadon Sancho and Bruno Fernandes operated behind them.
“We wished to play with two strikers, particularly within the central place. By the best way, Cristiano Ronaldo’s work off the ball, ‘chapeau’,” he mentioned.
Rangnick felt he had seen sufficient optimistic parts to present him confidence for the long run.
“It’s at all times simpler to construct on issues after you are profitable. We should produce additional clear sheets and get higher at creating probabilities for our assault. Overall, I used to be very pleased with the best way we performed right this moment,” he mentioned.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, Editing by Ed Osmond)
