Man Utd have 'more problems than solutions' - Amorim

Manchester United presently person "more problems than solutions", says caput manager Ruben Amorim.

The Red Devils suffered a 1-0 decision astatine Tottenham connected Sunday, taking their tally to 12 Premier League defeats successful 25 matches truthful acold this season.

They person won lone 4 of the 14 league games since Amorim took complaint successful November and question to Everton connected Saturday (kick-off 12:30 GMT), with the Toffees rejuvenated since David Moyes - who succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson arsenic Manchester United manager - took charge.

Much has been made astir United's issues astatine some ends of the transportation - keeping lone 7 cleanable sheets astatine the backmost and netting conscionable 28 goals up front.

Asked what is moving for his broadside astatine the moment, Amorim told BBC Sport: "What I consciousness is that sometimes you don't consciousness betterment successful the squad but immoderate games you deliberation we tin play and make situations. That is simply a bully thing.

"In this infinitesimal erstwhile you ticker the games, you spot much problems than solutions. That is clear. When we play immoderate games, I spot things are determination and we are susceptible but we person to beryllium consistent."

Moyes won the Europa Conference League successful his clip astatine West Ham and has collected 4 wins successful six games since replacing Sean Dyche to spot the Toffees determination 13 points wide of the relegation zone.

Such has been Everton's improvement, they spell into the crippled supra United successful 15th place.

Asked what makes Everton hard to play, Amorim replied: "Confidence. The mode they play, they judge it a batch and are winning games, being truly competitive, truthful it is an astonishing occupation by David Moyes to retrieve the team.

"You consciousness it, erstwhile you ticker the crippled you consciousness the assurance and content is there. It is going to beryllium a truly hard game."

Moyes lasted lone 8 months astatine Old Trafford aft replacing the legendary Ferguson astatine Old Trafford implicit a decennary ago.

"It shows it is simply a hard job," said Amorim. "But we person to effort to recognize the history. This nine had a fig that you cannot regenerate successful Sir Alex Ferguson and past it is simply a hard occupation to bash it.

"Everything was connected with 1 person. When that idiosyncratic leaves, it is truly hard. He is doing an astonishing occupation and did bash an astonishing occupation astatine West Ham, and is simply a manager that is hard to triumph games [against]."