03/10/2025
🚨🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Ruben Amorim opens up on Man United struggles - 'You cannot run away from the results'
Ruben Amorim faces a huge game at home to Sunderland tomorrow, with his struggling Manchester United side languishing in 14th place in the Premier League.
He has admitted he "cannot run away" from Manchester United's terrible results this season ahead of Saturday's game against Sunderland.
United are down in 14th place in the Premier League, with a goal difference of minus 10, after losing three of their opening six games this season.
Against that backdrop and after last weekend's 3-1 defeat at Brentford, Amorim knows he cannot afford another slip-up against the Black Cats, currently fifth in the table.
Asked about criticism from former players, Amorim said: "It's normal. You cannot run away from the results and then you have the baggage from last season.
"It's going to be a really tough match (vs Sunderland). They are doing really well and when you see the games, they draw with one less player and then they win in the final play against Brentford.
"The details are changing a lot, so we need to pay attention to that. It's a team that plays really well, a clear system, 4-3-3, with a lot of rotations on the side of the pitch. They are confident. So it is clear we will be under pressure.
"We have had some moments. During these six games during this season, we are not always the same team in small things, more in the way we play. All the effort that we put in, we put in the maximum in every single thing. It is not the same in different matches. We have to find the balance."
He continued: "We have to look at the games we lost. If we lost against Arsenal due to the system, it's your job to make the opinions. Manchester City and Brentford the way we keep goals and create chances, it's nothing to do with the system.
"The details are changing a lot, so we need to pay attention to that. It's a team that plays really well, a clear system, 4-3-3, with a lot of rotations on the side of the pitch. They are confident. So it is clear we will be under pressure.
"We have had some moments. During these six games during this season, we are not always the same team in small things, more in the way we play. All the effort that we put in, we put in the maximum in every single thing. It is not the same in different matches. We have to find the balance."
He continued: "We have to look at the games we lost. If we lost against Arsenal due to the system, it's your job to make the opinions. Manchester City and Brentford the way we keep goals and create chances, it's nothing to do with the system.
"If we look to the games we didn’t win, people have different opinions and that is okay.
"I can look at the games this season, and for me they are completely different, there are some things the same, some different. There are other things we cannot change. In the other games we are not the same team in some details. My job is to prepare the team.
"You cannot say one thing doesn’t work when it works one weekend. When things work one day and they don't on the other, it's something about the way we do the same thing. We are not doing it the same every day."
