Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Ruben Amorim could become the first Manchester United manager since 2015 to lose three consecutive Premier League games against Manchester City this weekend.
Amorim has quickly realized the gravity of the task ahead of him, having won just three of six games in all competitions since arriving at Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon.
Only one of those wins came in the Premier League – a 4-0 win over Everton – while the Red Devils have lost their last two top-flight games, 2-0 at Arsenal and 3-2 at home. Lost to Nottingham Forest.
Ruben Amorim’s inexperience prevented him from even ten witches?
The likes of Erik ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho have all avoided a third straight Premier League defeat. Manchester United manager.
However, former Blackburn and Celtic striker Chris Sutton believes Amorim will be the first since Louis van Gaal to do so vs Manchester City this weekendright at the beginning of his tenure at the club.
“Manchester City have really gone off the rails now – who saw this coming?” Sutton wrote in his predictions column BBC Sportgiving Manchester City a much-needed 3-1 victory.
“City just can’t keep a clean sheet – they have just one clean sheet in their last 10 games – and now their manager Pep Guardiola is talking about fatigue.
“I know it’s because he doesn’t have the energy to go to another club and start over there, but it must also send a message to the player he is now.
“You never know with Pep, he might just be being sarcastic, but if he is really tired, does he have enough energy to turn City around? That will be a worry for City problem as they are running.
“Meanwhile, at Manchester United, new manager Ruben Amorim has just been appointed and club owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is telling everyone they are ‘mediocre’.
“Amorim beat Manchester City 4-1 in his last game in charge of Sporting Lisbon before arriving at Old Trafford, much to the excitement of United fans, but they soon realized that whenever they faced When anyone isn’t playing well, they’re the same team that’s struggling under Eric Ten Witches.
“Basically, both teams are really bad, so what the hell am I going to do here?
“I’ve been following City in the Manchester derby recently and although Amorim led Sporting Lisbon to beat them, you have to remember that in that game City could have been a couple of goals ahead at half-time.
“So I’ll go with City to win at home and maybe rejuvenate Pep before Christmas.
“Speaking of statistics, I have a good one for you – under Ten Hag, Manchester United have never lost three league games in a row in more than two years, but if Amorim is beaten here Defeated, he will do it in less than a month.”
