LONDON - Solving Manchester United's dreadful defending at set pieces has quickly become one of the main priorities for new manager Ruben Amorim, whose best-laid tactical plans have been left in ruins due to his side's failure to clear the danger at corners.
Nottingham Forest needed just 90 seconds to score from a corner at Old Trafford on Dec 7 as the Red Devils suffered a 3-2 English Premier League loss, and showed Amorim's side had learnt little from a 2-0 midweek defeat at Arsenal where both goals came from that source.
"When this happens it's my fault, because I'm responsible. We tried to do it in the best way, we did a lot of work in this area because we saw it in (the) Arsenal (game), and it is really hard," Amorim said.
"In the beginning of the game (against Forest), you suffer early on the first play. It's really hard then to put energy in the team, but we managed to draw the game, and then in the second half the same thing happens (with another goal conceded shortly after the break).
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