Ruben Amorim discovers FOUR things he must immediately fix to solve Man Utd crisis

Manchester United fell to a disappointing decision against Brighton to erstwhile again underline conscionable however hard a occupation that Ruben Amorim has connected his hands astatine Old Trafford

Another play to hide for Ruben Amorim and Manchester United, then.

The Red Devils person been disappointing successful the Premier League this play and they stay 13th successful the array after losing 3-1 astatine location to Brighton.

A Bruno Fernandes punishment cancelled retired Yankuba Minteh's opener but 2nd fractional goals from Karou Mitoma and Georginio Rutter condemned United to their 4th decision successful 5 league games.

The size of the task facing Amorim has ne'er been clearer and the show underlines immoderate of the issues helium and Ineos person to lick implicit the coming weeks and months. Here, Mirror Football picks retired 4 things that volition beryllium connected Amorim's caput tonight...

1) A lawsuit for the defence

Say what you volition astir managers, tactics etc, but however galore times are Manchester United fto down simply by mediocre decision-making oregon idiosyncratic errors?

Andre Onana's latest calamity enactment paid to immoderate accidental they had of salvaging thing from Sunday's lucifer against Brighton and it's getting hard to marque a convincing lawsuit for Amorim to instrumentality with the erstwhile Inter Milan stopper long-term.

Profit and Sustainability Rules means that is astir apt thing helium cannot spend to bash successful January, but it has to beryllium a semipermanent goal. We've seen capable to recognise that now. What helium tin bash this month, though, is bring successful a near wing-back.

Simply put, surely United person to prioritise a signing successful this country up of adjacent month's transportation deadline. After all, however tin we justice Amorim's preferred tactics if the full squad is retired of sync with a right-footer (Diogo Dalot) playing astatine near wing-back? Recent speech has linked them with Wolves' Rayan Ait-Nouri, who seems similar an attainable target. Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez is different subordinate who fits the bill. United should beryllium doing what they tin to get that done and past absorption connected uncovering Amorim a caller keeper for the adjacent window.

2) Stick to his guns

Yeah, things are atrocious close now. Maybe arsenic atrocious arsenic I tin retrieve for a Manchester United squad successful my lifetime. But speech of Amorim switching distant from his preferred signifier is ludicrous.

It would marque nary consciousness for him to wantonness the 3-4-3 attack that brought him truthful overmuch occurrence astatine Sporting Lisbon. After all, that's what enactment him connected United's radar successful the archetypal place.

Amorim whitethorn person lone generated 11 points from his archetypal 11 Premier League matches, but he's moving with a squad which has underwhelmed for a agelong time. He needs clip - and backing - successful aboriginal transportation windows to crook things around.

Ten Hag stressed connected much than 1 juncture that Manchester United 'would never' play similar his Ajax team. That sounded brainsick astatine the time. And it would beryllium adjacent crazier for Amorim to travel the Dutchman's pb successful that respect.

3) A licence to thrill...

Fernandes, for each his flaws, is simply a throwback to the days wherever Manchester United players had that spot of magic astir them. But beyond him and Amad, whose maturation has been encouraging, determination was a dearth of creativity connected amusement against the Seagulls.

Indeed, Fernandes' punishment was United's solitary changeable connected target. That's conscionable not on, careless of who is connected the pitch.

United request to commencement easing the originative load connected Fernandes moving guardant and its connected others to contribute. It volition instrumentality clip for United to go fluent with Amorim's principles. But erstwhile it comes to creativity, large strides person to beryllium taken - and fast.

4) Striking out

It's hard not to consciousness for Joshua Zirkzee, who has endured a hard commencement to his Manchester United career. And portion he's improved successful caller weeks, that doesn't mean United tin place the information they deficiency an elite striker.

Rasmus Hojlund whitethorn good crook retired to beryllium that No.9 successful a fewer years, but it feels similar he's getting disconnected lightly fixed he's averaging a extremity each 4 games successful the Premier League. It's hardly awe-inspiring stuff, is it?

Neither are to blame, of course. United's mediocre recruitment is hardly the world's champion kept secret. But it's casual to spot wherefore Amorim wants to reunite with Viktor Gyokeres astatine Old Trafford.

Realistically, though, he's not coming successful January. So Amorim volition person to usage immoderate magic helium has to make immoderate assurance successful Hojlund and Zirkzee if United are to find the goals that volition occurrence them up the table.

Long term, though? Amorim and United request a ruthless No.9. Based connected the grounds we person truthful far, neither Hojlund oregon Zirkzee are it.

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