Ruben Amorim is handing out auditions for his Manchester United system and two players passed with flying colours

For a little over 20 minutes, Ruben Amorim's Old Trafford bow threatened to go horribly wrong. A head coach who always cuts an animated figure suddenly used every inch of his technical area, waving his arms in a mixture of frustration and urgency.

There was still a long way to go, but once again, the fastest of starts had been squandered. As Bodo/Glimt's 6,700 fans partied away to his right, Amorim fretted and fidgeted. Then, just as his side was starting to lose heart, they equalised out of nowhere.

When Rasmus Hojlund's shot hit the back of the net on the stroke of half-time to draw United back level, Amorim turned to the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand and punched the air. It was the most animated he has been after a goal so far and it felt like a crucial moment early in his tenure.

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United made the most of what is always a good time to score, claiming victory in the second half that propels them up the Europa League table and threatens to give them lift-off under their new head coach.

Amorim had emerged from the tunnel just after his coaching staff, and his cream chinos made him easily identifiable to all of Old Trafford. A huge roar went up as he walked down the touchline, a greeting he reciprocated with a wave. He was all business.

The 39-year-old feels like the first United manager of the modern era. He is the youngest appointment since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement and the first to fit the modern coaching philosophy.

He eschews the suit for a matchday, preferring to go with what he feels comfortable in. And he isn't back and forth to his bench. He spends all 90 minutes inside that technical area, pacing to the left, pacing back to the right, going down to his haunches for a pitch-side view, and rising back to his feet. Occasionally, he will grab the water bottle he leaves on the edge of his area and take a swig from it.

Amorim wants his team to up their intensity levels, and if they need inspiration they only need to look at their head coach, who is living every kick on the touchline. His United team could be a lot of fun to watch, and he could be a lot of fun to watch as well.

He does try to control those emotions. When Alejandro Garnacho scored after 48 seconds, he simply picked up his bottle and took a drink. But Bodo/Glimt's rapid double briefly damaged the belief. So when Hojlund equalised just before half-time, it felt big.

Amorim is having to balance instilling a new system into his players with the demand to get results, having taken over a team stuck in mid-table in the Premier League and the Europa League. He knows results will help the belief in his methods to grow, but also accepts there will be difficult moments. Those 22 minutes in which they trailed certainly fit into that category.

But gradually, Amorim's ideal team will take shape. He jettisoned six players from the side that drew with Ipswich as he looks to rotate while offering chances to all of his squad. There are still square pegs being forced into round holes, and it is a case of seeing who fits best.

Two of those who came in did their chances no harm. In fact, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund now look like they deserve slots in Amorim's 3-4-3.

Hojlund's first goal was superbly taken, controlling the ball in mid-air and then finishing in one movement. For the second he was in the perfect centre-forward position, holding off his man to convert a low cross into the box. It's the kind of position Amorim wants his No.9 to occupy and it feels telling that the centre-forward in his system has now scored in successive games from right in front of the goal.

That simple finish came from a patient passing move highlighting exactly what Amorim wants from his team. They were comfortable in possession and waited until the moment opened up before injecting pace into the play.

Mason Mount had his back to goal as he received the ball, but his backheel flick took two defenders out of the game and played Manuel Ugarte into space in the right-hand channel. It was an unusual position for a holding midfielder to take up, but it showed the fluidity in United's play. Ugarte's low cross was finished by Hojlund, yet so much of the goal was about Mount.

Having already discarded Marcus Rashford as a striker and moved Bruno Fernandes back into a deeper role, spaces are opening up in Amorim's team, and Mount and Hojlund passed their first auditions with flying colours. Both should start against Everton.