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"Ruben Amorim's reddish army" was the chant that filled the aerial astatine full-time connected Sunday, arsenic the jeers turned to cheers astatine Old Trafford.
The Portuguese manager took the acclaim of supporters successful the Stretford End aft overseeing his Manchester United side's 4-0 thrashing of lowly Everton.
The ambiance astir the crushed was successful stark opposition to occasions this play erstwhile the broadside person been booed by supporters, peculiarly aft 3-0 thumpings connected their ain turf by Liverpool and Tottenham.
Defeat astatine West Ham connected 27 October proved to beryllium the last crippled for Erik 10 Hag, sacked a time later, with the broadside languishing successful 14th spot and 7 points adrift of the apical four.
But determination has been a singular turnaround successful results and signifier since the Dutchman's dismissal, with interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy and present Amorim steering the broadside connected a tally of 7 unbeaten games.
So aft galore mendacious dawns, is the feel-good origin yet returning to the Theatre of Dreams?
"It helps to person a caller face, it ever helps," brag Amorim told BBC Match of the Day. "We person to beryllium precise wide to our fans and this volition ever help.
"Rather than trying to person the fans astir this performance, we person a batch to bash - it volition instrumentality time. Sometimes we are not playing good but we defended together.
"Our fans conscionable inquire for hard enactment and past successful clip they volition inquire for amended football."
Despite lifting the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, the Red Devils seemed to deficiency immoderate benignant of individuality nether the haphazard benignant of Ten Hag, ending eighth past season, their lowest Premier League finish.
But Amorim's 3-5-2 system, which brought truthful overmuch occurrence astatine Sporting, is starting to instrumentality signifier astatine United, with diligent counter-pressing instilled successful the system.
Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee some scored twice, punishing Everton's idiosyncratic mistakes, portion Amad Diallo was a changeless thorn for the opposition.
United moved up to ninth successful the array and are already eyeing a spot backmost successful the Champions League adjacent play - they are conscionable 4 points adrift of Brighton successful 4th position.
Amorim drew astatine Ipswich successful his archetypal game, defeated Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League connected Thursday and got different triumph here. But Rashford, for one, is not getting carried away.
"The vigor and the ambiance speaks for itself," Rashford told BBC Match of the Day. "It is down to the players to make this successful the stadium but the fans today... that is what we privation to hear: Nothing but positivity and pushing the fans forward."
"He [Ruben Amorim] is decidedly demanding but there's encouragement to bring your strengths into the game. That is erstwhile you get a truly bully squad performance.
"Hopefully we tin physique connected this and support pushing. It's thing to get overly excited by. We person to support pushing each time to conscionable his demands."
This was the archetypal of 9 games successful an arduous December for Amorim and United and with clip connected the grooming crushed constricted during this period, his skillset volition beryllium tested with distant trips to Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham coming up.
There was a show of disgruntlement from United supporters earlier Sunday's game, arsenic they protested extracurricular the crushed astir the hike successful summons prices for members.
"Stop Exploiting Loyalty" work a banner aft the nine removed concessions, expanding summons prices to £66 - antecedently it was £40 for adults and £25 for children.
But the other currency whitethorn good beryllium worthy paying arsenic those wrong the stadium witnessed United scoring 4 goals successful a league crippled for the archetypal clip since April.
Rashford's extremity 20 seconds into the 2nd fractional efficaciously ended the lucifer arsenic a contest, allowing location players and supporters to bask the remainder of the game.
United were successful afloat command, sparking "oles" from jubilant fans, with Amorim's sanction being sung to the tune of Give It Up by KC and The Sunshine Band.
"Of people I americium managing expectations but these moments volition unrecorded with maine for life," Amorim told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"We commencement the crippled with the songs and I already cognize immoderate of the phrases to these and that infinitesimal I truly unrecorded it, I bask that moment.
"But erstwhile the crippled is there, I privation to assistance my players, I privation to triumph games and to person much years and much games of proceeding that song."
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