Ruben Amorim touched by Old Trafford welcome in win over Bodo/Glimt

Ruben Amorim was touched by his special Old Trafford welcome and said he already feels a sense of belonging after overseeing a helter-skelter first victory as Manchester United head coach.

Having kicked off his reign with Sunday’s 1-1 draw at promoted Ipswich, the 39-year-old Portuguese led the side out on home soil for the first time in Thursday’s Europa League group win over Norwegians Bodo/Glimt.

United got off to a blistering start as Alejandro Garnacho capitalised on goalkeeper Nikita Haikin’s early error, only for Bodo to take a shock lead through Hakon Evjen and Philip Zinckernagel goals.

Rasmus Hojlund equalised with a fine volley just before the break and scored another shortly after half-time to secure a 3-2 triumph and Amorim’s first win on his first Old Trafford outing.

“It was special because half of the stadium doesn’t know me,” the United head coach said. “You can say I came from Portugal, and half of the stadium doesn’t know me.

“I have done nothing for this club yet, but the way they support me in the beginning I felt that I’m not alone.

“I’m like one of them now, and it was really special. I hope not to disappoint my supporters.

“I think we improve different things since the last game. I know it’s a different competition, different team, but we improve with the ball.

“We control more the tempo with the ball, we push the team a little bit more higher, we create more chances.

“We should kill the game before the end of the game. You suffer two transitions. I think we need to improve on that because it was like runs, it was like physical thing, one against one.

“You have to improve on that, but I like some things that the team did today.”

Amorim made six alterations from Sunday’s Premier League draw at