Ruben Amorim called his Manchester United side “maybe the worst team in the history” of the club after they fell to yet another defeat in the Premier League, this time at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion.
Goals from Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter were enough to secure a deserved 3-1 win at Old Trafford on Sunday, a third-straight victory at the ground for the Seagulls.
United have now lost four of their last six matches in the league to sit closer to the relegation zone (10 points) than the top four (12).
That latter figure stood at only seven when Erik ten Hag was sacked back in October and Amorim knows everything must improve.
“In 10 games in the Premier League we won two, I know that,” Amorim said. “Imagine this for a fan of Manchester United, imagine this for me.
“You are getting a new coach who is losing more than the last coach. Imagine that. We need to survive this moment. I know that.
“We are being maybe the worst team in the history of Manchester United. I know that you want headlines but I’m saying that because we have to acknowledge that and to change that. So there you go, your headline.”
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Asked to expand on a run of form which has seen them pick up only 11 points from his 11 league games in charge the Portuguese called on everyone at the club to stick together to try and turn things around.
“It is hard to explain, we have to acknowledge the moment and not go around the problem,” he said.
“Everybody here is underperforming, no matter what the circumstances. It is unacceptable to lose so many games for any club in the Premier League, never mind Manchester United. It is a really hard moment but we have to continue.
“The opponents are better than us in many details. That we cannot be consistent. That I am not helping my players in the moment.
“It is a hard moment. We have to acknowledge we are in a very difficult situation. All the bad records, losing games at home, losing in the Premier League, we are really underperforming.”
United are next in action against Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday before they travel to Fulham in the Premier League next Sunday.
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