Manchester United on longest winless run for a decade as things go from bad to worse for Ruben Amorim

Ruben Amorim retains telling us how dangerous issues are at Manchester United – and a brand new stat has definitely proved his level.

The Purple Devils misplaced 4-3 away at Brentford to make sure their worst-ever Premier League season continues in direction of its drab conclusion.

So drab, the truth is, that they’re now on a six-game winless run – one thing they haven’t achieved in ten years.

The run, which has seen 4 defeats, is the worst since United did the identical below Louis van Gaal in December 2015.

On that event, Van Gaal stopped the slide on the seven-game mark with a win over Swansea, the place he would go on to complete the season with an FA Cup title.

Amorim might nonetheless have comparable success, however will hope for a distinct consequence as Van Gaal was sacked shortly after his triumph to make means for Jose Mourinho.

The previous Sporting coach has one foot within the remaining of the Europa League, 3-0 up towards Athletic Bilbao earlier than the return leg at Previous Trafford.

Amorim solely joined the membership in November and was employed by the present Jim Ratcliffe-led regime, that means there’s certainly little menace over a sacking.

Nevertheless, Van Gaal was ruthlessly sacked after ending fifth within the Premier League, whereas the Portuguese is heading in the right direction for fifteenth.

A worst-ever season is already confirmed for United, the truth is they’ve been so dangerous they made certain of that three video games in the past at the beginning of April.

A 4-1 defeat to Newcastle made it mathematically certain that the Purple Devils would end the season with their lowest-ever factors whole.

But regardless of ending a lot decrease than Van Gaal, Amorim’s title win might show to be way more precious.

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Victory within the Europa League remaining towards both Tottenham Hotspur or Bodo/Glimt would e-book a spot in subsequent season’s Champions League and the riches that include it.

So clear is it that Europe is the place the membership’s focus lies, that even Amorim admitted it earlier than the defeat to Brentford.

“For the time being we’ve got to be clear that our focus is extra on saving gamers and making an attempt to be aggressive [in Europe],” he defined. 

“It’s not factor to say, however we’ve got to know the context.

“We’re within the remaining video games of the season and among the gamers are enjoying on a regular basis.

“We must be cautious, our focus is on the Europa League, and we’ve got to arrange the current and likewise the long run.”

Requested concerning the Europa after the Brentford defeat, he added: “It’s large for us.

“All of the struggling that we’ve had in these final video games within the Premier League, we should do one thing about that.

“We are able to try this on Thursday, we’ve got our followers, and we’d like them lots.”

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