THE BREAKDOWN: How Ruben Amorim played the long game to perfection to take down Liverpool - and how Amad Diallo proved he's the ideal man to make much-maligned Man United system work

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THE BREAKDOWN: How Ruben Amorim played the long game to perfection to take down Liverpool - and how Amad Diallo proved he's the ideal man to make much-maligned Man United system work

Monday 20th October 2025, 1:10PM

Low blocks and long balls. That was how Liverpool boss Arne Slot summed up Manchester United's game plan - but to reduce Ruben Amorim's approach to simply sit back was more than a little unfair.

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