Ruben Amorim takes unwanted 92-year record after another Man Utd defeat
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Ruben Amorim is the first Manchester United boss to lose five of his first 10 matches for 92 years as his rough start to life at Old Trafford continues. United were dealt a third straight defeat against Wolves, who secured a 2-0 win at Molineux on Boxing Day, and the honeymoon is surely over for the ex-Sporting Lisbon coach. Bruno Fernandes was shown a second yellow card - his third dismissal of the season - before goals from Matheus Cunha and Hwang Hee-chan wrapped up a huge win for Vitor Pereira's men.
United have conceded nine goals in their last three matches and Amorim faces a huge uphill task to turn the team's fortunes around. The Portuguese coach has found life at United even tougher than he imagined and his woes have continued after picking up a rather unwanted record.
You have to go all the way back to 1932 for the last time a United boss lost five of his first ten matches, when Walter Crickmer suffered a poor start to his own reign. The 39-year-old has also broken a landmark previously held by Erik ten Hag. He now holds the record for fewest Premier League games to record a fourth defeat at United, doing so in ten games. Ten Hag took 13 games to lose four.
It wasn't just Amorim who found himself on the wrong side of history. Fernandes being sent off again means he has become the first United star to be dismissed three times in one season since Nemanja Vidic in 2008-09. Speaking after the Wolves game, Amorim insisted he was pleased with parts of the performance but said the sending off gave his side too much to do.
