An angry Ruben Amorim admitted to being “really, really mad” with his Manchester United players after their 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

Despite being big underdogs after a poor start under their new boss, United managed to earn a 2-2 draw thanks to Amad Diallo’s second half equalizer at Anfield. The forward struck after Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah had put Liverpool ahead following Lisandro Martinez’s opener.

While the point will not be welcomed at Anfield, with the Reds missing the chance to go eight points clear at the top of the Premier League, it will be seen as a big boost at Old Trafford.

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United remains 23 points behind Liverpool, demonstrating the difference between the two sides that has been present throughout the season, but the visitors could well have claimed all three points, with Harry Maguire spurning a golden opportunity in the final minute to make it 3-2.

Despite his side’s improved performance, a clearly angry Amorim was left fuming with his side as he questioned why they were unable to produce such a performance in other games during his time in charge so far.

“I think I get more mad because of the other games. It’s even harder to understand some things,” Amorim told Sky Sports. “This is not about the system, it’s not about the technique. It’s about something else. It’s hard to understand, even for the coach.

“It was a point, I think they deserve the point, but it is just one point, and I think we should get mad and disappointed more than the other day against Newcastle. Today, we need to be really disappointed.”

Asked whether he had relayed that message to his players, Amorim admitted: “No, because I need to calm down and to say the right things. We are in a difficult moment, but it’s hard to not get really mad.

“It’s not just the players or the club or the staff, it’s everybody. I think it’s really clear for me, in not even two months, I’m saying that for so long. I’m happy for the performance, not happy for the result, but I’m really, really mad because of the other games.”

Amorim added: "That should be a big issue for our players that even one person thinks you have the ability but not the character, we have to fight that and change that. I think it is really clear. When we are focused, when we fight for every ball, when we suffer and we are tired when the game is finished, we are a good team.

"If we don't do that all the time then we are going to lose games. That is clear to everybody. We controlled very well the tempo of the game. Every time Liverpool had a chance, we controlled and had the ball for a moment. That makes a difference.

"You could see in the game, it was not like we are not suffering all the time because we controlled the ball, sometimes winning some fouls, controlling the transitions. It was a good game."