Ruud van Nistelrooy praised Manchester United’s struggle to earn a 3-0 win towards Leicester Metropolis in his remaining sport as interim supervisor.
The Dutchman took over after Erik ten Hag’s dismissal final month and went unbeaten in his brief stint, successful three of his video games and drawing the opposite, with Ruben Amorim set to take over from Monday.
Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho bought the targets on both facet of Victor Kristiansen turning into the again of his personal internet to earn United simply their fourth Premier League win of the marketing campaign.
United at the moment are unbeaten in 19 straight Premier League video games towards promoted sides, taking 53 of a potential 57 factors throughout these matches (W17 D2). Their final such defeat got here away to Claudio Ranieri’s Watford again in November 2021 (1-4).
It’s not but clear if Van Nistelrooy will stay on the membership on Amorim’s teaching workers, however the former United striker is happy with his brief time in cost at Outdated Trafford.
“It was skilled, you could possibly see that gamers have been preventing via the sport,” he advised BBC Sport. “We scored two nice targets and there have been some good bits, however we didn’t have actual management of the sport.
“I actually loved it [being interim manager], it’s been a brief however superb interval. We’re in an unsure place, however we tried to do our jobs and assist the membership, which is essential.
“There are lots of emotions there, the best way the followers supported me and the staff all the time in tough moments. It was a particular second. To shut down this block of video games with good outcomes and connection, I can’t thank them sufficient.
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“We are going to study what the plan is now.
“This spell was an enormous accountability; I took it very significantly. I wished to assist and get United into a greater place. That was my aim. With three wins and a draw, it’s a typical the place you wish to develop to as a membership.
“The reference to the followers was there, I actually felt it. That is what United is actually about.”
Going into their match towards Leicester, United had scored simply 9 league targets, their lowest-ever tally after 10 video games in Premier League historical past.
Fernandes scored 4 targets beneath Van Nistelrooy’s management, having didn’t hit the again of the web within the league earlier than that, citing his one centesimal aim involvement within the Premier League together with his help for Garnacho.
“You noticed the category of the staff in our targets, we additionally gave little or no away,” Van Nistelrooy added.
“We tried to stabilise after a tough and emotional interval. We wished to get gamers acting at their greatest, we bought the correct feeling to them and bought them to imagine in themselves.
“It was an essential three factors. Within the 4 video games, Bruno scored some essential targets, helping too, so he’s again producing. That’s the Bruno that’s serving to the staff probably the most.
“I spoke to Alejandro Garnacho earlier than the sport, he has performed lots of minutes, and I wished him to make an affect off the bench, and I’m glad it labored out. We mentioned: ‘Let’s profit from these 4 video games’, get the utmost out of it and I feel we did an OK job.”