Man Utd 0 Newcastle 2: Ruben Amorim’s side embarrassed again as they drop closer to relegation zone with limp loss
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RUBEN AMORIM predicted at the start of December that a ‘storm’ was coming to Manchester United. Yet the new boss cannot have forecast it would be quite this ferocious as his team slumped to a fourth straight defeat. And the worry is that more dark clouds are gathering - it could get worse for the Portuguese with trips to Liverpool and then Arsenal to come next.
![[Newcastle’s Alexander Isak headed Newcastle in front early on]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/e684f9eb-9551-4ba0-ad14-587c7f0a5405.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Already this is a storm every bit as bad as the one that has put paid to the Hogmanay celebrations north of the border. The Red Devils were simply blown away in the first half by Eddie Howe’s rampant Toon who scored twice and should have had more. Alexander Isak scored for a sixth straight Prem game while Joelinton scored almost an identical second 15 minutes later.
![[Joelinton doubled Newcastle's advantage when he climbed above Lisandro Martinez]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/22ac5dff-2845-46eb-89f3-ec56217fde05.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Eddie Howe’s men are in electric form right now and they fully deserved only their second league win at the Theatre of Dreams in 40 visits. Only when Amorim took off hapless summer signing Joshua Zirkzee and replaced him with Kobbie Mainoo did the home side get any sort of handle on this game.
![[The Brazilian seemed to shoulder the ball in beyond Andre Onana]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ab50b719-36d7-498e-84b9-99e6988352c2.jpg?strip=all&w=812)
But by then it was too late as the damage had already been done. The evening started with news of a return to the squad for Marcus Rashford – 18 days after his last appearance for United. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. Amorim was short of options with Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte both suspended but even so the England forward was only on the bench.
![[Ruben Amorim has now suffered four successive defeats]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/f9d23297-a17f-4dbe-97b7-21230e496ca5.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
