‘It’s so depressing’: Manchester United fans open up on club’s malaise
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Liverpool host a disjointed side bereft of form but United supporters are keen to get behind Ruben Amorim. Manchester United’s recent trips to Liverpool have been gruesome occasions for their supporters. It has been nine years since United last won away at their fiercest rivals and they have failed to score in their past five visits to Anfield, losing 4-0 and 7-0 in that time.
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United fans could be forgiven for plunging to new levels of pessimism for this latest mission to Merseyside, given current circumstances. While Liverpool are streaking clear at the Premier League summit via a seamless transition under Arne Slot, United are staring down the barrel of a fifth successive defeat and a seventh in 12 games under Ruben Amorim.
The list of problems undermining Amorim at United is as varied as it is long. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s penny-pinching has irked match-goers, the ostracism of beloved academy product Marcus Rashford has divided the fanbase, while the manager’s tactical overhaul of the team has been anything but seamless. Tension and toxicity are rife around Old Trafford these days. “It seems everything that can go wrong is going wrong,” says season ticket-holder Jimmy McBride. “We’ll have to hit rock bottom at some point.”.
Whether that comes at Anfield on Sunday remains to be seen. The signs are ominous. United started the weekend 14th in the table and there has been talk of possible relegation, or at least a battle against it. Some have even suggested Amorim’s job could already come under threat if the slump continues.
