“It got me so furious and couldn’t control my anger”: Manchester United’s coach Ruben Amorim says he didn’t broke TV screen just because of Brighton’s defeat, clearly explained what got him furious that led to horror display
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has admitted he feels as though he is letting his players, chief executive Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox down amid the club’s ongoing struggles.
United suffered a fifth defeat in their last eight matches on Sunday afternoon, losing 3-1 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion, meaning Amorim has now lost seven of his first 15 games in charge.
It marked the Reds’ fourth defeat in their last six Premier League matches and their fourth reverse in their last five outings at Old Trafford, meaning plenty of pressure is riding on tonight’s Europa League clash with Rangers.
Amorim channelled his inner Ralf Rangnick in his post-match press conference on Sunday by dubbing his team as “maybe the worst in the club’s history”, but he has since suggested it was a mistake to make that admission. The United head coach has now attempted to clarify that admission further, suggesting his comments were a reflection of how he was feeling so soon after the full-time whistle.
“For me, it is always the same passion,” Amorim told TNT Sports. “I know that Manchester United is the biggest club in the world, but I know that even when I started in the third division I had the same feeling.
“It is not about the people, it is about me; it is the way I feel. It is the way that you feel that [means] I will say some things that you [the media] can use. I am feeling that I am failing to my players, I am failing to Omar and to Jason, and that feeling is really hard to deal [with].
“It is more about me than the other people because I have a clear idea that tomorrow nobody is going to remember me, so it’s not about me or what other people think about me – that will pass in two weeks. I am just focused on my feelings and the way I need to do my job.
“I need to feel like I am not disappointing people. It is more about that than the pressure from outside. For me, believe it or not, it is always the same because I don’t read anything.
“It is more about the pressure that I have inside; I don’t like to lose, and to lose so many times is really hard to cope [with].”
