Inside a week at Man United: Ruben Amorim has looked to lift the gloom with families and face-painting but won't U-turn on back-three plans ahead of their Liverpool litmus test
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If Pep Guardiola couldn't eat, sleep or stop scratching his head during Manchester City's poor run of form, imagine how new Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim feels in the bottom half of the league after five defeats in six matches. 'You can see in my face — you can compare the way I arrived and now,' says the 39-year-old, just 48 days into the hardest job in English football.
![[United take on Liverpool on Sunday in a game fans fear may end in humiliation for their side]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/00/93745923-14249971-image-m-49_1736035735070.jpg)
Amorim laughs at his own suggestion of premature ageing but is deadly serious about the weight on his shoulders heading into Sunday's game at table-topping Liverpool, which United fans fear might end in humiliation. While Guardiola, 14 years Amorim's senior and with grown-up children, often has to endure the difficult times alone, his United counterpart is glad to have been joined by his wife and kids as he attempts to rouse England's sleeping giant.
![[While Pep Guardiola often has to deal with hard times alone, Amorim has his family with him]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/22/93744617-14249971-image-m-6_1736029698064.jpg)
'My family came on the 27th (of December). It was a good day,' he explains with more than a degree of relief. 'I have them here now so it's different, it can help me.'. Family is key for Amorim and is why he was unwilling to follow his idol, Jose Mourinho, by staying too long alone in the Lowry Hotel where his compatriot resided for 935 days.
![[Amorim will not budge on his 3-4-2-1 system despite his side's poor run of recent results]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/00/93745919-14249971-image-m-51_1736035754629.jpg)
Ruben Amorim's Manchester United are in the bottom half of the Premier League with five defeats in their last six matches. United take on Liverpool on Sunday in a game fans fear may end in humiliation for their side. While Pep Guardiola often has to deal with hard times alone, Amorim has his family with him.
![[He has, this week, had a full week with his players on the training ground for the first time]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/23/93745701-14249971-image-a-14_1736034443743.jpg)
