'Challenge' - Kieran McKenna praises Ruben Amorim tactical change at Manchester United

Kieran McKenna admitted Ipswich Town were challenged by Ruben Amorim's tactical changes at Manchester United.

Amorim's success as a head coach has been underpinned by his 3-4-3 formation and he had limited time training at Carrington to prepare the players to face Ipswich at Portman Road.

The 39-year-old had just two training sessions with the full group after the international break and has warned United will have to "suffer" before his new system will be successful.

But there were some positives to take from Sunday's 1-1 draw with Ipswich. United made the perfect start to the game when taking the lead through Marcus Rashford after just 80 seconds and Amorim's system caused problems for McKenna's side in the opening exchanges.

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Amad started at right wing-back - he provided a brilliant assist for Rashford - and Diogo Dalot started on the other side, which McKenna admitted caused some confusion.

McKenna reflected on the match in his post-match press conference and admitted 'it was hard to be certain' about the positioning of United's players after Amorim's changes.

"I think we certainly could have won it. So you could look at it that way. It depends on your perspective. I think we were certainly the better team in the first half overall," he said.

"I thought as the first half went on we really grew in ascendancy and went into half-time in real dominance. But the second half, Man United had some good periods of control as well. We had to defend on shape and show good discipline, although we still had a couple of big chances to win it.

"So we certainly could have won it. I think when you concede an