Manchester United: Rio Ferdinand explains why Ruben Amorim 'scares' Pep Guardiola

Striker Viktor Gyokeres, who has been tipped to travel Amorim to Old Trafford, scored a hat-trick arsenic Sporting ran retired 4-1 winners successful Amorim's penultimate crippled successful charge, consigning City to a 3rd decision successful 7 days.

Bernardo Silva said afterwards that City arsenic "in a acheronian place", a assertion his manager has refuted defiantly, and Ferdinand believes Guardiola volition beryllium wary of the interaction Amorim volition person astatine the cross-city rivals.

"I was excited by the alteration successful dynamics of his squad successful the 2nd half, however assertive and dynamic determination were, they showed combat and resilience," Ferdinand said connected TNT Sports.

"They are important elements you privation him to bring, we are lacking that astatine Man Utd truthful I americium truly excited.

"I'd similar to beryllium successful the WhatsApp radical of the existent [Man Utd] team, if they didn’t ticker that they are lunatics. The conversations betwixt those guys now, wow.

"I americium sitting determination arsenic a subordinate asking wherefore helium isn’t coming successful tomorrow. I privation him now. I don’t privation to get carried distant but I privation immoderate bully times back. It’s been acold excessively antagonistic and depressing successful caller years.

"You privation a spot of sunshine and hopefully that antheral tin bring that. But it’s going to instrumentality immoderate clip it is not an overnight job, but Pep volition beryllium scared."