Amos hails United's ruthless streak

Ben Amos claimed Manchester United's ruthless streak helped them avoid another humiliating result after they breezed into the Carling Cup quarter-finals.Reserve goalkeeper Amos was given another League Cup run-out at Aldershot on Tuesday night as Sir Alex Ferguson changed his entire starting XI following Sunday's derby drubbing by Manchester City. Amos was a mere spectator for the majority of a game United won 3-0 but was made to work late on to keep a clean sheet."If you're not switched on, these games can go horribly wrong," Amos told MUTV.Indeed, unlike new number one David De Gea, the 21-year-old has yet to concede a goal this season having also enjoyed a shutout in the previous round at Leeds. But Amos insisted the credit for that lay at the feet of United's strike force, who killed off Tuesday's contest shortly after half-time.He added: "Concentration is vital and you need to be ruthless in the box and put your chances away. We wanted to kill them off early doors and we did it with some nice goals."While virtually everything that could go wrong did go wrong in United's 6-1 defeat to City, Tuesday night went almost entirely according to plan - as it did in last month's 3-0 victory at Leeds."Our aim was to control the game at our tempo like we did at Elland Road," Amos said. "If you give the home team even a bit of encouragement, especially in a tight ground like this, the crowd get behind them and get on your back."Aldershot twice went close late on to snatching a consolation but Amos produced an excellent save from Luke Guttridge's free-kick."Obviously, it was good to get the save at the end, to show what I can do," Amos said. "But I didn't have a lot to do, just distribution and tidying things up."That's one of the biggest things about being a goalkeeper for Manchester United - you can have nothing to do all game and then, when the one thing you need to do comes along, you've got to do it well and keep it out. That's my job, to keep a clean sheet and I think everyone's happy."

Source: PA