Ruben Amorim praises Ruud van Nistelrooy after Manchester United 4-0 win vs Everton

Ruben Amorim believes Amad's impressive run of form started during Ruud van Nistelrooy's interim spell in charge of Manchester United.

United had a two-goal lead by half-time thanks to Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee and they both netted again in the second half to seal a comfortable 4-0 win at Old Trafford.

The victory lifted Amorim's side into the top half of the Premier League table and means United now have a positive goal difference in the top-flight for the first time since the opening day of the season.

Amorim oversaw a draw against Ipswich Town and a win against Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League in his first two games and looked delighted at the final whistle against Everton.

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Amad provided two assists - setting up the third and fourth goal - and Amorim was asked about the youngster's performance at his press conference. "He was really good again," he said.

"He’s in a great moment but that moment started with Ruud [van Nistelrooy], so I just take advantage of his work with Amad. He was really good defending and really good attacking.

"So he needs to continue to play like that. You could feel it at the end of the game he was really, really tired, so we need to manage that to increase physical ability."

United scored early on in Amorim's first two games in charge but the 39-year-old refused to take too much credit for their fast starts. "No, I’m just really, really lucky," he laughed.

"We want to play well because it’s better to start a game by scoring. If you look at the three games, all the decisive moments were for us. You have to acknowledge that.

"Today we started very well but lost