Ruben Amorim: Manchester United players were thinking too much during Ipswich draw

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna also praised United goalkeeper Andre Onana for making two crucial saves.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim is interviewed by Sky sports Roy Keane. Pic: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.

Ruben Amorim claimed his Manchester United players are struggling because they are using their brains too much.

The new Old Trafford boss has inherited a whole heap of problems from the sacked Erik ten Hag.

A 1-1 draw at Ipswich was hardly the stellar start the former Sporting Lisbon manager craved, despite Marcus Rashford's early goal.

But Amorim was prepared to cut his new charges some slack as they get to grips with his methods.

"It is hard to expect anything now," he said. "That's why I was a little bit anxious. They were thinking too much during the game - and that is normal.

"We started very well but then we should have more possession. Sometimes we had the ball in defence and the rest the guys were too stuck because they were thinking where they should be.

"They need time to have some fluidity in the game. It's two trainings - they did OK."

Amorim praised goalkeeper Andre Onana for making two crucial saves to deny Town goal threat Liam Delap.

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna, sounded out by United in the summer as a potential successor to ten Hag, agreed.

"The first save was incredible - to save from that range is impressive," he said. "The one in the second half was also a big one."