Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim shows true Ange Postecoglou colours with Tottenham admission

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has opened up on the struggles he and Ange Postecoglou have experienced this season.

Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur will face Amorim's United in the Europa League final on Wednesday, May 21 (8pm kick-off) in Bilbao. Victory in Spain will seal a lucrative place in next season's Champions League for the winner.

Spurs won 2-0 at Bodo/Glimt in their semi-final second leg tie after a 3-1 victory in the first leg to put them on the cusp of a first major trophy win since the 2008 League Cup. At the same time, United saw off Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at Old Trafford in their second leg fixture, 7-1 on aggregate, and will be seeking their second Europa League trophy win after emerging victorious in 2017 under Jose Mourinho.

And Mourinho's compatriot Amorim has opened up on the struggles he and Postecoglou have experienced across a difficult campaign for both clubs. Spurs currently sit 16th in the Premier League table, one place below United in 15th.

"It is quite similar, even for me and Ange," he told TNT Sports. "It is a tough moment.

"One of us is going to win. It is going to be a big final, we are going to try to win."

When asked about facing Spurs in the final, he replied: "First of all, you have to think in the odds, it is hard for a team to lose four times in a row. So we can think about it in that way. We need to have a full squad and to study the game quite well.

"We need to have a little bit of luck. Today we conceded a goal, but we had so many transitions to score and we didn't. We have to be clincal in that game.

On Thursday's win over Bilbao, he added: "It is the least we can do for these fans. I am stressed already, because of the final. If you don't win it, it's nothing.

"In this moment, I am just worried about the next game, trying not to get injuries for the final. We need to win it. if we don't win it, it means nothing for us."

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