Ruben Amorim made the astonishing admission that his Manchester United flops are the worst group within the membership’s historical past after Sunday’s dismal 3-1 defeat towards Brighton.
United crumbled to a sixth loss in 11 Premier League video games since Amorim arrived from Sporting Lisbon to switch the sacked Erik ten Hag.
“We’re the worst group perhaps within the historical past of Manchester United,” Amorim mentioned after his aspect’s wretched show at Previous Trafford.
“I do know you need headlines however I’m saying that as a result of we’ve got to acknowledge that and to vary that. Right here you go: your headlines.”
Amorim’s aspect are languishing in thirteenth place and though they’re 10 factors above the relegation zone, they’re removed from sure to keep away from being dragged into the survival wrestle on the proof of Sunday’s show.
Yankuba Minteh set the tone for United’s moribund efficiency with an early opener for Brighton.
Bruno Fernandes equalised with a penalty earlier than half-time, however second-half targets from Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter left United in turmoil.
United have suffered six dwelling league defeats this season, their most from their opening 12 matches of a season since 1893-94.
They’ve additionally misplaced 10 of their 22 league video games this season, the earliest right into a top-flight marketing campaign that they’ve hit double figures for defeats since 1989-90.
“Think about what that is for a fan of Manchester United. Think about what that is for me. We’re getting a brand new coach who’s dropping greater than the final coach. I’ve full information of that,” Amorim mentioned.
Whereas United haven’t been dragged utterly into the struggle for survival simply but, Amorim should discover a option to get outcomes to keep away from the stress on him changing into insupportable.
The 39-year-old arrived at United in November, hailed as one in every of Europe’s brightest younger coaches.
However his most well-liked 3-4-3 formation is just not suited to the gamers in United’s squad.
But, whereas he admitted he’s solely pondering of avoiding relegation now, the Portuguese coach refuses to vary his philosophy.
“I’m not going to vary, it doesn’t matter what. I do know we will succeed however we have to survive this second. I’m not naive. We have to survive now,” Amorim mentioned.
United’s newest calamity got here on the day the membership paid a sombre tribute to Denis Regulation after their legendary striker handed away aged 84 on Friday.
– ‘All people is underperforming’ –
Regulation is immortalised in a statue of United’s ‘Holy Trinity’ alongside Bobby Charlton and George Finest outdoors Previous Trafford.
Followers laid scarves and flowers on the statue in tribute to the third highest scorer in United’s historical past and took half in a minute’s applause for Regulation previous to kick-off.
What transpired after that will have shocked Regulation to his core as Amorim’s group as soon as once more didn’t dwell as much as the storied historical past of the 20-time English champions.
“In 9 video games within the Premier League, we gained two,” Amorim mentioned. “All people right here is underperforming, it doesn’t matter what the circumstances.
“We’re underperforming and have to just accept that. It’s unacceptable to lose so many video games, for any Premier League membership, think about Manchester United.
“So it’s a extremely exhausting second however we’ve got to proceed, we’ve got to proceed, there is no such thing as a different approach.”
United have misplaced six of their final seven league video games towards Brighton in a sign of how far they’ve fallen since final successful the title in 2013.
Amorim’s aspect host Rangers of their subsequent recreation on Thursday within the Europa League, with the supervisor determined for a constructive outcome to vary the temper.
“I knew it was going to be exhausting to place a very new concept within the second, however whenever you lose video games and don’t win three video games in a row it turns into actually exhausting,” Amorim mentioned.
“In order that’s why I’m telling we’re going to undergo as a result of I’ll proceed to do the identical.
“I’m simply right here to assist my gamers, however we have to perceive we’re breaking all of the dangerous data.”
AFP
