LONDON – Ruben Amorim said Manchester United had “improved a lot” after they climbed back into the race to qualify for the Champions League, as Bruno Fernandes inspired a 4-1 Premier League rout of woeful Wolverhampton Wanderers on Dec 8.

Amorim’s side recovered from their disappointing draw with lowly West Ham United last week thanks to Fernandes’ double and goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Mason Mount at Molineux.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde had cancelled out Fernandes’ opener with Wolves’ first goal in six games in all competitions and their first in the top flight since Oct 26.

But Mbeumo, Mount and Fernandes netted after the interval to clinch only the Red Devils’ second win in their last six matches.

United suffered an embarrassing 1-0 home loss to 10-man Everton on Nov 24 and 10 days later boos greeted the final whistle following a 1-1 draw with West Ham at Old Trafford.

With Amorim growing increasingly tetchy in recent weeks, it was essential that sixth-placed United avoided an embarrassing result against bottom of the table Wolves as they moved within one point of the top four.

“I really enjoyed how we played the second half. We had good pace, good quality in the decisions. We finished the game and Wolves is in a difficult moment. It was a good evening,” the United boss said.

“We had some games against teams in better moments and had many shots. We need to improve the quality of the shots. We need to focus not just on scoring but protecting our goal.

“I think we improved a lot. If you compare last season and this season we are creating so much more chances and scoring more goals and having more real situations of danger, so I’m really pleased with that.”

On what was said at half-time, he added: “It wasn’t tactical. It was so clear we are dominating the games but not finishing the plays as we should do. We need to be better in the details.

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