Amorim defends Man Utd players and says loss to Man City is his own fault | OneFootball

Ruben Amorim refused to criticise his Man Utd players after his side’s 3-0 defeat to Man City – instead taking the blame himself.

United’s defeat to City means they have won just one of their opening four Premier League games so far this campaign.

But Amorim insists his players gave everything in the derby defeat.

“I didn’t see one player in my team not giving the maximum,” Amorim told Sky Sports.

“The rest is with me. The disappointment is sometimes I feel we could run more, but I didn’t have that feeling today. It’s my fault, not their fault and I am fine with that.

“I know it’s hard on our fans but again, I cannot point to one player [about lack of] effort. With game intelligence we can improve but that is my fault and we can improve.”

United skipper Bruno Fernandes criticised his side’s lack of aggression in the loss, a view Amorim shares.

“If you look at the three goals, we can avoid the three goals,” he said. “We can be more aggressive.

“In these kind of games, with top teams the small margins will make the difference. The performance is not good, in certain moments they were better than us and in the end you don’t have a good feeling.”