Maybe the worst team in Man Utd history - Amorim

Manchester United caput manager Ruben Amorim has labelled his squad "maybe the worst" successful the 147-year past of the club.

United's 3-1 location decision by Brighton was their 4th nonaccomplishment successful 5 location Premier League games.

They person collected 11 points successful 11 league games since Amorim replaced Erik 10 Hag successful November.

United are 13th successful the table, 10 points wide of the relegation portion but 7 down 10th-placed Fulham.

"In [the last] 10 games successful Premier League, we won two," said Amorim. "Imagine what this is for a instrumentality of Manchester United. Imagine what this is for me.

"We are getting a caller manager who is losing much than the past coach. I person afloat cognition of that.

"We are the worst squad possibly successful the past of Manchester United. I cognize you [media] privation headlines but I americium saying that due to the fact that we person to admit that and to alteration that. Here you go: your headlines."

United did equalise aft conceding an aboriginal extremity against Brighton.

However, alternatively than Bruno Fernandes' punishment becoming a springboard for a amended show than what had gone before, they were severely outplayed.

Kaoru Mitoma enactment the visitors backmost successful beforehand earlier a horrendous mistake from goalkeeper Andre Onana talented Georginio Rutter Brighton's third.

When you look astatine the stats, Amorim was somewhat exaggerating erstwhile helium called his squad "maybe the worst" successful the club's history. But not by a lot.

At this signifier of the season, lone 13 United teams person had a little points tally successful the past of the nine - the past clip being successful 1986-87.

Amorim had a lengthy chat with Sir Alex Ferguson earlier the game.

Ferguson was coming disconnected the transportation aft taking portion successful the pre-match tribute to legendary striker Denis Law, who died connected Friday.

Referee Peter Bankes had to hold for Ferguson to decorativeness earlier helium could commencement the game. Amorim told BBC Radio 5 Live afterwards Ferguson had told him to "keep positive".

On immoderate days that is overmuch easier than others.

As the losses stack up - United's lone caller Old Trafford occurrence came against bottommost nine Southampton connected Thursday, and adjacent past they had been trailing until Amad Diallo's precocious hat-trick - much and much questions are being raised astir whether they are connected the close path.

Amorim says helium is not "naive" and understands the unit helium is under.

The erstwhile Sporting brag is adamant helium volition not alteration his 3-4-3 enactment which brought him specified occurrence successful Portugal but helium admits United's players are struggling to adapt.

"I knew that was going to beryllium hard to enactment a wholly caller thought successful the moment, but erstwhile you suffer games and don't triumph 3 games successful a enactment it becomes truly hard," helium said.

"Everybody present is underperforming and we person to judge that. It is unacceptable to suffer truthful galore games. The opponents are amended than america successful galore details.

"We cannot beryllium accordant and I'm not helping my players successful the moment. You person to admit we are successful a precise hard situation, with each the atrocious records, arsenic losing games astatine home, losing games successful the Premier League.

"I cognize we tin win but I americium not naive. We request to past this moment. But I americium not going to change, nary substance what."