Ruben Amorim on why Old Trafford has become the Theatre of Dread for Man Utd

Manchester United person mislaid 4 of their past 5 location games and Ruben Amorim admits his players are struggling to play astatine Old Trafford

Old Trafford has go the Theatre of Dread for Manchester United aft Ruben Amorim admitted his players are “anxious” and “nervous” astir playing astatine home.

United look Rangers contiguous astatine Old Trafford successful the Europa League and they person mislaid 4 of their past 5 location games. Amorim admits it has go harder for his players astatine location and says their assurance has been eroded due to the fact that they person conceded archetypal successful each of their past 5 games.

“I deliberation that’s clear,” said the United boss. “I could accidental antithetic things and say, no, no, we person the enactment of the fans. No, we are much tense playing astatine location than distant due to the fact that we mislaid a batch of games, similar 4 games successful five.

“So it’s getting harder, but we tin improve. I deliberation if we don’t endure the archetypal goal, similar successful the 4th infinitesimal against Brighton. Then it’s truly hard to calm the squad down.

“So the archetypal happening successful my caput is they cannot score. We request to people the archetypal one. If we people the archetypal one, I deliberation that volition alteration and we’ll play amended astatine home.

“I deliberation it’s truly clear, we’re truly anxious playing, particularly astatine home, and we’re suffering goals and past it’s truly hard. So I deliberation it’s wide for everybody that it’s getting harder for america to play astatine Old Trafford.”

Amorim feels his players are suffering due to the fact that of their nosedive and they person mislaid 7 of their past 12 matches. “What I was saying is that you person to look truly hard to find a Manchester United squad that successful 10 games loses 7 games and that 1 is connected maine due to the fact that it’s the aforesaid players doing worse with a caller coach,” helium said.

“What I’m saying is that we person to amended successful the details, and I explained that. The mode we play we’re excessively tense with the ball, truly anxious.”

Amorim tin spot parallels with Rangers and their fans are mutinous due to the fact that they are 13 points down leaders Celtic successful the Scottish Premiership portion their bitter rivals person won 12 of the past 13 titles. Gers manager Philippe Clement is nether increasing unit and Amorim said: “I anticipation amended my squad earlier helium does, particularly tomorrow! I consciousness the symptom of the Rangers coach.”

Harry Maguire’s renaissance has been 1 of the fewer positives for United and helium says the players person to presume much responsibility. “We’ve got to look astatine ourselves,” said the defender.

“We’ve got to instrumentality work and arsenic an idiosyncratic that’s what I do. Every crippled you lose, there’s a batch of scrutiny connected the players, and players get targeted. I deliberation that’s portion and parcel of playing for this club, you’ve got to judge that and instrumentality the work on.

“I look astatine erstwhile players, the likes of Wayne Rooney and David Beckham. They had a ample magnitude of scrutiny and they were world-class players. So if it tin hap to them, it tin hap to anybody.”

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