‘Ruben Amorim is wrong – I have played in a much worse Man Utd team ‘
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Manchester United legend Gary Pallister has refuted Ruben Amorim’s claim that his team is the worst in the club’s history. Erik ten Hag’s successor offered a withering assessment of his tenure to date in the wake of Sunday’s dismal 3-1 defeat against Brighton at Old Trafford.
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United have been relegated five times, most recently in 1974, something still highly unlikely to be repeated this season. But they have not lost this many of their first 12 home league games since the 1893-94 season – when they were still known as Newton Heath and 17 years before moving to Old Trafford.
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‘In (nine) games in the Premier League, we won two,’ Amorim said. ‘I know that, imagine what this is for a fan of Manchester United, imagine what this is for me. ‘We are getting a new coach who is losing more than the last coach. I have full knowledge of that.
‘I am not going to change, no matter what. I know we can succeed, but we need to survive this moment. I am not naive. We need to survive now. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
Up Next. ‘We are the worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United. I know you want headlines, but I am saying that because we have to acknowledge that and to change that.’. As grim as the outlook is for United at present, Pallister believes they still have a way to go before they reach the nadir hit by one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s early teams.
