Incoming Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim pays tribute to 'unbelievable' Sporting CP squad after 'special' comeback win over Braga in final game with Portuguese champions

Amorim appeared to be ending his tenure as Sporting manager on a negative note as his side trailed 2-0 against Braga at half-time. However, a wild last 35 minutes saw Amorim's team score four goals to give the Manchester United-bound coach the perfect send-off. The Portuguese coach paid an emotional tribute to his players after the game as he bid farewell to the side with whom he won two Primera Liga titles.

" I would have preferred not to suffer in this game but the way it ended... it was much more than I could have expected," he told reporters. "From a week that could have been so difficult, and it was, but I'm so much more rested now, because these players. They're unbelievable. The truth is that we didn't start well in the first half, we were slow, doing what other teams do to us, which is to waste time. In two transitions, we scored two goals that we could have avoided. But the second half was unbelievable and this feeling made everything more special. Today this adventure comes to an end and I couldn't have asked for a better moment."

Amorim added: "In 90 minutes they told a story that we all lived through. Of a lot of suffering, of fighting until the end. We deserved the victory, we were the team that always wanted more. In the final 20 minutes, we noticed the greatest freshness in our team and this has to do with the fact that Braga played on Thursday and we knew how to take advantage of that."

Amorim is now set to take over as Manchester United boss after the Red Devils parted ways with Erik ten Hag last month. He will inherit a Red Devils side that is sitting down in 13th in the Premier League table, four points adrift of the Champions League places after 11 games.

The Portuguese manager is set to travel to Manchester on Monday to formally start his new role at Old Trafford. Amorim's first game on the touchline will come at Portman Road on November 24 when United take on newly promoted Ipswich Town.