Ruben Amorim has been shocked by Manchester United’s atrocious home form since he became the club’s head coach in November, according to reports. The Red Devils boss has publicly admitted that he is at risk of being sacked if he fails to improve results before the end of the season.
Amorim’s arrival sparked hope of drastic improvement from a dismal start to the campaign overseen by Erik ten Hag, given the empire of dominance he built at Sporting.
Ten Hag had followed a record-low eighth-place Premier League finish with the club’s worst-ever start to a season before his dismissal.
However, while early inconsistency was to be expected as Amorim instilled his philosophy in United’s underperforming players, the situation has plummeted to new depths.
The M16 giants have lost 11 of their 24 Premier League matches this season, which leaves them 13th and staring in the face of a new record-breaking position.
Seven of those defeats have come on home turf, including in five of the last six league outings at Old Trafford.
United have lost to Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Newcastle United, Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace during that run.
Even the exception – a 3-1 win against rock-bottom Southampton – required a late Amad hat-trick to prevent a catastrophic result.
Amorim has suffered defeat in seven of his 13 matches in charge since leaving Sporting, where he lost only six times across his final 75 games.
However, according to GIVEMESPORT, he has been particularly shocked by United’s struggles at Old Trafford.
Amorim’s side tends to struggle when the onus is on them to attack and control the game, rather than away trips to the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool, where they play on the counter-attack.
And the Portuguese tactician is well aware that sack talk will ramp up if United’s current trend of results rumbles on in the coming months.
“I knew when I chose this profession that you have the risk of results. We are fighting for our jobs until the summer,” Amorim explained on Friday.
“I knew when I came here, I looked at the schedule, I looked at the team, and I understood my decision of changing everything in the middle of the season, without new signings, was a danger for a coach.
“But since day one, with good results or bad results, I’ve had a clear idea of what I want to do, and I take these risks because, in the end, I think it’s going to pay off.
“But I’m not naive. I’ve said that many times. This is a sport of results, and we are in a difficult situation. I understand, at this moment, with a lot of losses, especially at home, that the environment is really hard.
“We’re taking some risks, but it’s the way we want to proceed. It’s hard to turn things around in just a few games.
“It’s going to be like that, really hard until the end of the season, but we are taking that risk because we want a different thing in our team and different profiles. That was my decision.”
