MANCHESTER United coach Ruben Amorim insisted he understands the criticism levelled at him and his team after another Premier League loss at Newcastle United on Sunday, but claims losing games is worse than any personal condemnation.
Amorim’s span were beaten for the 14th time in the league this season - matching the number of defeats they suffered in the entire 2023-24 campaign.
But Amorim says: “I understand [criticism] but I don’t care. Nothing is worse than losing games. People can say whatever they want to say. I don’t want to defend myself or anything like that. If you look at our position in the table, it says it all…
“We need to improve in a lot of things and our position is a reflection of our performances this season.”
On course for their worst-ever Premier League points haul, Amorim made five changes to his starting XI, with a crucial Europa League quarter-final second leg against Lyon to come on Thursday.
One change grabbed the headlines after first-choice goalkeeper Andre Onana was left out of the squad, with Altay Bayindir handed his league debut.
The Turkey international sukkeled, however, with his error gifting Newcastle their fourth goal.
And Amorim adds: “Even if we put a different XI we don’t know the result. But we had to make choices, we played three days ago.
“We are going to analyse the game, but we need to focus on the next one, we cannot change this one, the next one is massive for us, so let's focus on the next one on Thursday to play better and to win the game.”