Man Utd players don’t trust Ruben Amorim’s tactics or each other – the utter humiliation by Brighton proved it
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MANCHESTER UNITED hit a new rock bottom on Sunday as Ruben Amorim labelled this current team the worst in the club’s history. A harrowing, humiliating 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Brighton sees the Red Devils slumped down in 13th in the Premier League table.
![[Ruben Amorim looking frustrated.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/manchester-united-manager-ruben-amorim-964991604.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And this is also the worst home start to a campaign for more than 130 YEARS. But exactly what went wrong against the Seagulls as United suffered their tenth league defeat of the season?. SunSport’s tactical guru Dean Scoggins broke down the game in the latest episode of Tactics Exposed….
![[Harry Maguire of Manchester United looking dejected after a soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-manchester-uniteds-harry-maguire-964991759_61d9fb.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
At 34 years old, United could do with Danny Welbeck back at Old Trafford. How many strikers over a consistent period have done a good a job as him since he left in 2014?. It was a great performance up front but it was also the way he and Joao Pedro absolutely led Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro on a merry dance.
![[Brighton & Hove Albion players celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/georginio-rutter-brighton-hove-albion-964987723.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
This is not the first time we've talked about defenders getting dragged out by a striker on a rope but this is the longest rope I've ever seen. It was absolutely ludicrous where they were going. Because both strikers dropped in, both defenders just decided to go with them which then left space for the really dangerous wingers Yankuba Minteh and Kaoru Mitoma to run into.
![[Danny Welbeck of Brighton and Matthijs de Ligt of Manchester United vying for the ball during a Premier League match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/challenged-matthijs-de-ligt-manchester-964977252.jpg?strip=all&w=775)
JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. As soon as you’ve got those two running in behind, then good luck. It was 4-4-2 demolishing 3-4-3. It happened all day, not just once. Harry Maguire must have been absolutely doing his nut, ‘Just stay with me.’. We’ve talked previously about the positives of a centre-back coming out of the line to meet the ball but that's when you're defending on the edge of the box and you go three or four yards to nick it when you've got cover behind you, not when you've got 50 yards of pitch behind you.
![[Soccer game play with Yoro and Pedro highlighted.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BRIGHTON-SHAMBLES-1.png?strip=all&w=960)
