Ruben Amorim refuses to budge in blunt three-word warning to Man Utd flops
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Ruben Amorim has vowed not to change the way he sets up his Manchester United side, despite suffering another dreadful result. United were beaten 3-1 at Old Trafford by Brighton on Sunday to make it six home defeats in the Premier League already this season and 10 in total from 22 matches. They have taken just 11 points from 11 games since Amorim took over from Erik ten Hag in November and sit 13th in the table, closer to the relegation zone than top four.
Amorim’s side mustered just one shot on target against Brighton – and that came courtesy of Bruno Fernandes from the penalty spot after Joshua Zirkzee was felled by Carlos Baleba in the box. Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter all helped themselves to goals for Brighton, with the latter given more than a helping hand by Andre Onana.
United have kept just one clean sheet in 15 games across all competitions under Amorim, whose switch to a 3-4-3 formation has not yet yielded results. But the Portuguese coach remains steadfast in his belief that he is taking the right approach and will not compromise the philosophy which brought him success at Sporting Lisbon.
“That is clear,” he said when asked if it would take him a long time to stamp his authority on United. “With me, that is clear, because I'm not going to change the way I see the game. I'm very clear on that. “The players are going to suffer, I'm sorry, the fans are going to suffer. I have one way of doing things, I know it's going to [bring] results. But we have to suffer these moments. I think it's very clear for everybody what we are going to do.”.
