Ruben Amorim says he is managing 'maybe the worst Manchester United team in history' after Brighton loss

The Red Devils’ struggles nether their caller brag continued connected Sunday arsenic they fell to a 3-1 nonaccomplishment against Brighton - their 4th decision successful the past 5 Premier League matches astatine Old Trafford.

Amorim has won conscionable 2 of his opening 9 top-flight games successful complaint since leaving Sporting Lisbon to win the sacked Erik 10 Hag astatine the opening of November, with his squad sitting 13th and 11 points extracurricular the apical six.

United’s fortunes connected Sunday were not helped by a dreadful mistake from goalkeeper Andre Onana, whose precocious blunder allowed Georginio Rutter to acceptable the seal connected different awesome distant triumph for resurgent Brighton, who had already led 2-1 aft an aboriginal Yankuba Minteh effort and Kaoru Mitoma’s extremity that came either broadside of a Bruno Fernandes penalty.

"In (nine) games successful the Premier League, we won two," Amorim said successful his post-match property conference. "I cognize that, ideate what this is for a instrumentality of Manchester United, ideate what this is for me.

“We are getting a caller manager who is losing much than the past coach. I person afloat cognition of that.

"I americium not going to change, nary substance what. I cognize we tin succeed, but we request to past this moment. I americium not naive. We request to past now.

"We are the worst squad possibly successful the past of Manchester United. I cognize you privation headlines, but I americium saying that due to the fact that we person to admit that and to alteration that."

Another location league decision ended a three-match unbeaten tally for United that had seen them combat backmost to decision bottommost nine Southampton aft beating Arsenal distant connected penalties successful the 3rd circular of the FA Cup and conflict to an awesome 2-2 gully with league leaders Liverpool astatine Anfield.

And Amorim insisted that cipher astatine the nine was immune from disapproval arsenic they effort to find a mode to halt losing astatine home.

"Everybody present is underperforming, nary substance what the circumstances," helium added. "We are underperforming and person to judge that. It's unacceptable to suffer truthful galore games, for immoderate Premier League nine - ideate Manchester United.

"So it's a truly hard infinitesimal but we person to continue, we person to continue, determination is nary different way."

On trying to instrumentality his ain strategy and ideas astatine United, Amorim said: "I knew it was going to beryllium hard to enactment a wholly caller thought successful the moment, but erstwhile you suffer games and don't triumph 3 games successful a enactment it becomes truly hard.

"So that's wherefore I'm telling we are going to endure due to the fact that I volition proceed to bash the same. To assistance my players is to springiness them the tools to play successful this way, but past without grooming it is truly hard...

"I americium conscionable present to assistance my players, but we request to recognize we are breaking each the atrocious records."