Ruben Amorim fumes at Man Utd flops after ignoring him in 'unacceptable' Brighton loss
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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim took aim at his players for their "unacceptable" 3-1 home loss to Brighton, who he admitted were "comfortable" at Old Trafford. The Red Devils looked to have turned a corner after a spirited 2-2 draw against league leaders Liverpool earlier this month before late heroics from Amad Diallo helped them beat Southampton 3-1 in midweek, but they were well off the pace against the Seagulls.
United were at sixes and sevens early on in the game as Yankuba Minteh was able to tap-in with ease after Kaoru Mitoma raced clear, before Bruno Fernandes equalised from the spot. Mitoma then made it 2-1 before Georginio Rutter added a third on a sorry afternoon for the club.
The team have now lost 10 matches, the quickest they have reached double figures for defeats since the 1989-90 season, with United now 13th in the Premier League table and closer to the bottom three than the top four. Amorim was fuming after the game, suggesting his players had repeated mistakes from previous games by "suffering goals where we cannot suffer".
"Another loss at home. It's not acceptable, the way we suffered the goals," he said. "We can play some football but [only] in small spaces of time, so it's not consistent and we get nervous and then we suffer a goal. Again, in the beginning, it's one play that is clearly what Brighton do. Then it's really hard to turn things around. We get really anxious, really nervous and they were better again.".
"Brighton were comfortable. We tried [to get back into it] but with not very good football. You can see this game and remember Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest, where we were in the game and suffer goals where we cannot suffer. Then it's really hard for everybody. We lost again at home, it's not acceptable. We need to change that and change fast.".
