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ESPN FC

Amorim's Bold Statement

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Ruben Amorim's comments saying Man United can beat anyone in the Premier League and argue if the manager is off the mark with his statement. Plus, the guys look ahead to Real Madrid's clash with Osasuna and react to Neymar's comments after Santos' 6-0 loss on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Yeah. Presented by Xfinity. Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, K. Murray, Neda Minua and Shaka Hislav here in the studio.

0:47.3

It's great to be back guys.

0:49.3

Yeah, right.

0:50.3

I was getting tired of being in my article.

0:51.3

So I thought I'm going to come straight back to the studio and get right back.

0:55.0

That's not what you were saying about half an hour ago.

0:58.0

Okay, let's give you a reminder of the result in the Premier League at Old Trafford between Manchester United and Arsenal.

1:05.0

One-Nill win to the Gunners match day one of the Premier League season.

1:08.0

But an improved showing from Manchester United,

1:12.0

even though it was a loss, Ruben Amarim remaining upbeat after the game. This is what he had to say.

1:18.9

Afterwards, he said, we have the players to win any game of the Premier League. We need to focus.

1:24.8

Forget about the noise. We are fighting for the places. That is a good thing.

1:28.5

But we are playing as a team. It doesn't matter who is playing. We want to win games.

1:35.6

So let's welcome in Mark Ogden now. And Mark, I want to put that first part of the quote to you that Ruben Amarim says we have the players to win any game in the Premier

1:44.6

League. Do you agree with that?

1:48.6

No. I think they've got a better team this year.

1:54.0

Listen, they've definitely improved the forward line. They're much better.

1:57.6

And watching United yesterday, they were totally different. They were exciting. They were adventurous. But as Shaka, I'm sure, will agree, they haven't got a goalkeeper. And when you haven't got a goalkeeper that you can rely upon, you can't beat the best teams in the Premier League. Because I think that's United's issue. They had the best of the game against Arsenal, but they didn't take any of the chances. And when you don't take

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