‘Everybody is anxious’: Amorim highlights United issue after Bournemouth defeat | OneFootball

Ruben Amorim says he felt Manchester United were anxious from the start of their 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth.

United remain in 13th place after Bournemouth defeated them at Old Trafford 3-0 for a second successive season. The Red Devils will spend Christmas in the bottom half of the league table for the first time since 1989.

Old Trafford became a noise of frustration for large parts of the match, with Amorim suggesting that the fans are “tired” of the precarious situation their club is in.

“It’s a lot of mental but you can feel it not just the players but the fans,” Amorim said. “In the first goal kick with Andre Onana, he’s thinking what to do and push the other guys and everybody is so anxious. At this moment, everybody in the club is tired of these moments.

“We have to face it and focus on the next game. We know what to do, we have to address a lot of things but we are ready to do it. We already knew that the challenge is big, it’s really tough on the fans, the players, that they are losing 2-0 at home so they want to score two goals.”

“You have more possession, you create more chances. We concede less chances, so you are defending – of course the result says a different thing – but you are defending better than the opponent because you concede less opportunities, you are creating more, so you are attacking more.”

Amorim also took the blame for his side’s performance, citing that the team is suffering and it is down to him to sort it out:

“In the last moment we don’t score and the result says different things. Like I said, it’s really hard, we have to address that. We are suffering a lot of goals, creating chances but not scoring so we have to address that.

“Is my responsibility to coach them, of course we want to improve. In this moment, everything is so hard. A club like Manchester United, to lose 3-0 at home, it’s really tough for everybody. And of course the fans are really disappointed and tired.

“You can feel it in the stadium in the first play and I understand that, but we have to face it. We know what to do.”