Newcastle went up to fifth place with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United in Old Trafford when Ruben Amorim lost his fourth consecutive game.
Alexander Isak and Jelinton led the Magpies two very early to leave the House team are dismayed, Amorim replacing Joshua Zirkzee in the first part in Meners of his own supporters.
It could have been more for Newcastle, Isak having a goal ruled out for offside and Sandro Tonali striking a post. There was something of a response in the second half with Harry Maguire heading against the post, but it was a deserved win for Eddie Howe’s team.
Manchester United have lost five of their last six Premier League games and 4 games in a row in all competitions, with the last 3 coming in a draw. They remain in 14th place in the table, now only seven places above the fall. Newcastle climbs to fifth place.
Manchester United’s chief coach Ruben Amorim, heading to Sky Sports:
“That is really clear [United are being dragged into a relegation battle] so we have to fight. It is a really difficult moment, one of the more difficult moments in the history of Manchester United and we have to address it with honesty.
“We have to do it in the next game. “
We ask if it goes to your system. . .
“Maybe, you either go ahead with your concept and they have to replace the coaches. It’s a selection that everyone has to make in football. If I think it’s the most productive thing for the team, I’ll continue to get my message across. “easily. .
“You can’t go back. We only had 4 educational sessions in total. I will continue to understand my concept until the end. “
When asked about the resolution to update Joshua Zirkzee in the first partarray.
“You have to think about the team but also the player, but the player is suffering. I thought the team was suffering and we needed another midfielder to have more ball. It was complicated for me to do it, but I spoke I communicated it to Josh because it was vital Disseminate the message.
“I know that Josh is a very intelligent guy. When he went through the tunnel, I can perceive that some boys can be in a bad situation, but he is a very intelligent boy. This is life, and Josh and we will continue. Newcastle was” it is “it is Bigger than Manchester United, but no more than Josh. “
Jamie Carragher on Alexander Isak on Monday’s football:
“When it is in position, with the strikers, they can be a bit careless or a bit lazy in possession. When you see it, it moves, it moves with the ball, it is not only in the area waiting for the goal. Ball.
“He can play as a target, he can score goals, he can run behind, I think he can almost play as the number 10, probably almost play with some other striker, because he has the ability to play. “Drop down and pick up the ball.
“He’s just been a sensation, and there’s been a lot of great signings, we should say under Eddie Howe. He is the best striker in the Premier League right now. I don’t think it’s actually close right now, I think he’s the real standout.”
“With bad spin, it’s difficult to sell a concept,” Amorim told Sky Sports before the match. “I was hired for that reason and in those difficult times, if you replace your mind, it is the end for any coach. ” But sticking to this concept also poses problems.
Manchester United was in a mess from the beginning against Newcastle. This is partly due to the lack of players’ confidence. Zirkzee’s sad vision being booed in the field before the break is emblematic of an organization of players that seem dissatisfied. With your work.
But a formula is meant to make your paintings less complicated and uncomplicated and whatever your view of the quality of equipment inherited through Amorim, it’s hard to argue that it doesn’t make a game at least a problem. Too many other people look uncomfortable in their roles.
Diogo Dalot was stationed so high up in the box for a large part of the set-up that it would have been more natural to have a left winger than a veteran right-back. When he got the ball back, he could only push it inside instead of offering a real width.
Osesir Mazraoui fails to get a little more through the other flank and Matthijs de Ligt doesn’t need to be dragged into big spaces like he did through Alexander Isak. Lisandro Martínez is one of the few who brings this form and endured a depressing night in red.
Amorim would certainly have liked to have dedicated himself to this task last summer or next instead of being bogged down in a congested game list and asked to fix clutter on the fly. But the hope would have been that it would just blend in and build for next season.
That remains the hope, but he wants United to bounce back or threaten to start this rebuild on the wrong foot as he is doubtful even before his first full season in charge. As he himself admits, there is a concept of selling: to the players, to the public and to his bosses.
Amorim does not need a trophy. A season out of Europe could even make things simpler. There is no expectation United fire. Just function. But a third Premier League defeat in a row without so much as scoring a goal is unacceptable even at this low ebb.