That’ll be all from me, with David Hytner’s report in. Thanks for joining! Ruben Amorim comes over to speak to the Sky pundits, including Roy Keane. He’s a very clear, direct talker. “It’s a tough league. “I think my players were thinking too much during the game. You can feel it. “It’s a tough match. We lost some balls without pressure and when you start a game like this, you score one goal, you have to control the ball, you have to control the tempo of the game. We cannot do it at the moment. “But they tried, they really, really tried. They want this.” Oh, and Ed Sheeran interrupts the conversation to get pally with Jamie Redknapp. Just a normal day in the Barclays. It wasn’t the most memorable game, United’s most lively moment saved for the second minute. Amorim is calling his players together, getting them to go an applaud the visiting supporters. Ipswich could well have had the win, denied by some excellent saves from André Onana. FULL-TIME: Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United Not the dream start for Ruben Amorim, but no disaster either. 90+4 min: Muric holds on to Fernandes’ delivery. That should be that. 90+3 min: Amad bursts into life on the right, driving into the box, launching his stepovers before cutting in for a shot that is blocked away. United win a corner. 90+1 min: We have four minutes added on. Clarke hooks the ball from the centre circle to the right wing but sends it out, unable to cope with the pressure of the onrushing Mazraoui. 90 min: Hutchinson’s cross from the right causes little damage. 88 min: The home support bursts into noise, recognising one last push is required. 87 min: The free-kick is played short and eventually sees the subs work together with Clarke finding Chaplin inside the area, his shot from around 10 yards not finding the power or precision to trouble Onana. 86 min: Clarke is bundled down in midfield to win a free-kick from 30 yards or so. Mason Mount is on for Garnacho. 85 min: It’s not really clicking for either side, genuine chances a rarity. Garnacho’s cross from the left fails to find Højlund. 81 min: Liam Delap, after a very lively display, is off, as is Wes Burns. Conor Chaplin and Ali Al-Hamadi are on. 80 min: Mazraoui is down on the ground to prompt a pause in the game. 79 min: Fernandes lines it up, Amad next to him. The captain lets loose and is inches away … a dipping effort just wide of the post as Muric moved to his right. 78 min: Fernandes wins United a free-kick by the D, opening up a decent chance … 77 min: United work it patiently before Zirkzee, outside the area, on the right, launches a shot into Ipswich city centre. 75 min: Muric cleans up at the back after Zirkzee wins the ball off Davis on United’s right. The keeper’s clearance meets the body of the linesman, who deals with the blow gracefully. 73 min: Fernandes finds Garnacho on the left, the winger launching the stepovers before firing a cross in … there’s no red shirt on the end of it. 71 min: Delap, again, somehow carves out space in the middle with a neat flick and sets off before launching a hit over the bar. He’s a good watch, feisty to go with obvious talent. 69 min: Ipswich escape from the danger of the corner before Mazraoui silkily plays out from the back, leading to Højlund shaping up to shoot from the edge of the box … a wayward pass is the result when he should probably have had a crack. 67 min: Fernandes plays a cracking first-time ball down the left for Rashford to hop on to … he wins a corner. Amorim sees McKenna’s bet and raises, Højlund and Zirkzee on for Eriksen and Rashford. 65 min: Ipswich makes their first changes: Szmodics and Cajuste are replaced by Jack Clarke and Jack Taylor. 64 min: United fans chant Amorim’s name, bathing in the excitement of a new relationship. 62 min: It’s all a bit quiet again after the more enticing action in the first few minutes of the half. United are struggling to break into the Ipswich half and keep the ball there. 59 min: Amad is working hard from a defensive point of view, tracking a run into the United box to cut out the long ball. It’s a proper shift, being a wing-back. 57 min: Shaw is the left-sided centre-half, with Dalot continuing at left wing-back. 56 min: Time for a couple of tweaks. Luke Shaw returns after a long lay-off, replacing Jonny Evans. Casemiro is off for Ugarte. 55 min: O’Shea makes a fine block as Fernandes hits inside the area after playing a one-two with Rashford. 54 min: Cajuste saves Ipswich as United launch a counter, nailing a sliding challenge inside the area to deny Garnacho from letting loose. 52 min: Excellent from Delap who bats away pressure in the centre circle to turn and push forward before finding Burns the right. A cross comes in, Delap tries a back-flick at the near post but he can’t seem to beat Onana tonight. The United goalkeeper is big again, unable to be beaten, saving his side again. 50 min: Casemiro and Eriksen aren’t pleading for the ball when United’s backline have it; it’s hard to see how the visitors cut through Ipswich’s shape at the moment. 48 min: Ipswich get their passing game going as the crowd rediscovers its voice. 46 min: Casemiro plays a nice diagonal ball for Dalot to pick up on to before Fernandes slides in Garnacho inside the area … his ball in from the left is palmed away by Muric. United begin brightly. Peeeeeep again! United get us going in the second half, no changes at the break. In comes an email with the subject line: ‘21 day cooling off period in contract.’ “When the next flight to Lisbon?” writes Aidan Adair. Tom Hopkins writes in on VAR’s little break from action: “Great to see that minor emergency dealt with so efficiently. Good process.” HALF-TIME: Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United It’s Ipswich who look the better, more well-drilled side, their equaliser thoroughly merited. Welcome to Manchester (yes, I know this is at Portman Road), Ruben. 45+3 min: Delap bundles down Mazraoui on Ipswich’s left wing and there’s a bit of squaring up between the two. 45+2 min: Watching the replays of Hutchinson’s strike … there may have been a deflection off Mazraoui’s head that gave the ball an extra lift to beat the reach of Onana. 45+1 min: Ouch. Jonny Evans is down on the ground after Delap flies into him to try and win a header. 45 min: VAR’s back, and we’ve got three minutes added on. GOAL! Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United (Hutchinson 43) Ipswich are threatening … and here comes a stunner! Burns passes to Hutchinson outside the area, the 21-year-old’s back to goal. He turns and lets fly with his left foot, curling into the top left corner from 20-something yards. It’s well deserved for the hosts. 40 min: A stunning save from Onana! A long ball down the left is seized upon by Davis, who lays off to Delap in the middle, just the keeper to beat from a few yards – he opts for power over accuracy and the keeper makes himself big to deny an equaliser, the right arm flung out. 38 min: Tuanzebe v Garnacho is a good battle to watch at the moment, the former United defender refusing to let the winger out of his sight. 37 min: According to the TV comms, there’s a fire alarm at Stockley Park so VAR is not currently operational. The ref lets the captains know. 36 min: Ipswich look more dangerous than United … before Fernandes plays a zipping through ball for Garnacho to run on to. He can’t break free and shoot though. 33 min: Leif Davis, Ipswich’s left-back, is down with his right leg being seen to. He seems OK though. 32 min: It’s time for another Ipswich corner, Davis to swing in: he goes to the far post, it’s headed across goal, cleared to Hutchinson for a stinging strike inside the area. But the wall of red shirts cannot be broken. 30 min: Fernandes pulls off a fine self-nutmeg dummy to break free in midfield but the move ends with Dalot’s cross, cutting in from the left, finding Muric. 29 min: Hutchinson looks ready to hit it … and does with some venom … but it’s too central, straight into the hands of Onana. 28 min: Hutchinson turns in the middle of the park to get Ipswich flying forward and Delap wins a free-kick on the edge of the box after Evans gets in the way … 25 min: United do seem quite conservative on the ball at the back, trying to play around Ipswich rather than through them. They’re not finding any gaps to carve through the hosts. 24 min: Davis swings in an Ipswich corner from the right … Onana stands firm to collect. 22 min: Amad is back on his feet and heads away a cross before Ipswich’s Morsy takes down Garnacho in the middle of the park. 20 min: We’ve got time to take in the replays of the first goal: it was a stellar run from Amad down the right after playing a one-two. Rashford’s anticipation was important, too, getting on the end of a slightly scuffed cross. 19 min: Amad is on the floor, wriggling around in quite a bit of pain after feeling some Ipswich studs. 18 min: Garnacho beats Tuanzebe to the ball out on the left wing, feeds Fernandes who rolls it back to the Argentinian: a low, curling effort is sent wide. 15 min: Garnacho switches the ball to Amad who dinks the ball into Fernandes’ path before danger is snuffed out by Ipswich. Dalot seems to have a playmaking role out on the left, inviting pressure before playing a cutting pass into the middle. 14 min: Dalot takes a few years for a throw-in, inviting whistles from the home support. 12 min: Ipswich sit off as United play it around at the back. 11 min: Onana is forced into action for the first time in the game, getting low to his right to make a fine stop, denying Szmodics who went first-time from outside the area, the ball rolled in perfectly from the right wing. Ipswich look alive, despite their early misstep. 8 min: United play out from the back with De Ligt at the centre of the back three in this new formation. Evans pushes forward into the Ipswich half as part of United’s press but the hosts beat it and Burns fires in a teasing cross from the right that no-one can get on the end of. 6 min: Dalot skips down the left before finding Bruno in the middle with a fine pass. The lively Diallo then locates Eriken, who has a crack from the edge of the D … he shoots wide. 5 min: Ipswich have a corner headed away strongly by Casemiro. GOAL! Ipswich 0-1 Manchester United (Rashford 2) Well, that was quick. Amad Diallo, in at right wing-back, launches a rampaging run down the wing, dinks a cross to the near post and Marcus Rashford beats Arijanet Muric to the ball to slot in comfortably from close range. Amorim plays it cool with the celebrations. 1 min: United’s 3-4-3 has Dalot at left wing-back, with Mazraoui at right centre-back. Peeep! Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United are underway. Ipswich kick things off. Touchline fashion watch: Ruben Amorim has the puffer parka zipped up. Let’s go! Before we get going, here’s Rick Harris: “It takes time to turn around the fortunes of any large underachieving business, so Ineos should be cut some slack surely? They couldn’t very well sack Ten Hag having not only won the FA Cup but having outplayed the PL Champions to boot, but they have acted decisively after giving him a reasonable number of games to demonstrate he was progressing. “Amorim will need time to get his style of play across and it remains to be seen if it will suit the players United have more than the whatever it was Ten Hag was trying to implement.” Managerial news from elsewhere: Alex Kamilewicz writes: “My heart believed it would turn around with each managerial appointment, but starting with the transfer botchings under Moyes my head believed we were in for a long run in the wilderness with no adequate replacement for Gill. “I now believe the choice of manager won’t necessarily make the whole difference as much as the organizational changes being made by INEOS (i.e. putting people who understand football in charge) will. Hopefully.” Tom F’s Gladiator II review is in: “I reckon Denzel Washington could get a tune out of this United squad.” Ruben Amorim has spoken to Sky Sports, and he’s honest: “I’m a little bit anxious because as a coach when you don’t know the league or you don’t know very well the team, you don’t know what to expect. “It’s a new life, let’s start with the small details. That’s what I want and I want my players to win the game, and they’re capable to do that.” Regular contributor krishnamoorthy v is ready for chaos: “While Amorim could not have asked for a better first match, I am wondering what would be the state of Man U fans should United manage to blow this.” “Yeah I’ve got hope, first impressions have gone down well with me,” writes Neil Carter. “Performs well in front of the press, looks very much at ease and smiles, this is a huge part of football these days. Along with keeping the talent engaged and happy. “The style of play seems set in stone and I’m interested to see how it goes, but the premier league being what it is (the hardest) I fear he may need a plan B or C if he’s gonna succeed. “For now I’ll be watching and won’t be getting carried away one way or another.” Ipswich make one change from the team that beat Spurs, Wes Burns replacing Ben Johnson. Jonny Evans, Christian Eriksen and Alejandro Garnacho are in for United – I presume Marcus Rashford will play centrally as Rasmus Højlund is on the bench. Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia, all making their way back from injuries, could be called upon too. The teams Here’s how we’re looking: Ipswich: Muric, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics, Delap Subs: Walton, Harry Clarke, Woolfenden, Chaplin, Taylor, Al Hamadi, Townsend, Luongo, Jack Clarke Manchester United: Onana, Dalot, Evans, de Ligt, Diallo, Casemiro, Eriksen, Mazraoui, Fernandes, Garnacho, Rashford Subs: Bayindir, Mount, Højlund, Zirkzee, Malacia, Antony, Shaw, Ugarte, Mainoo Which was the one where you thought it was all going to be OK again? I thought it with Louis van Gaal, just after he’d taken the Netherlands to bronze at the World Cup. I guess I thought it with Mourinho, too. And then Solskjær when he had his honeymoon phase. Oh well. Desperate for that sweet, sweet ‘Rise of Ruben Amorim’ content? Here you go: Preamble Right then, United fans, are you feeling it again? You know it, that dangerous thing that pops up every couple of years with the appointment of a new manager. Hope. This guy’s the real deal, you say and genuinely believe. Before you know it you’re 3-0 down at Brighton, the camera pans to Ferguson in the stands and the veterans are raging once again on The Overlap, inviting one of their old mates back to talk about the good times. Will Ruben Amorim change the story and somehow avoid all his hair growing grey by January? The answer begins at Portman Road against an Ipswich side that finally has a win on the board after beating Spurs before the international break. Kieran McKenna, linked with the United job in the summer, could well play the villain. Feel free to share your thoughts, queries, wisdom, reviews of Gladiator II, whatever you fancy.