November 25 – Ruben Amorim admits his Manchester United players will suffer for “a long period of time” after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Ipswich in his first game in charge of the club.
United made a dream start to the game, scoring after less than two minutes with Marcus Rashford tapping home to kickstart Amorim’s tenure.
However, Ipswich quickly found themselves on top, dominating possession and chances before Omari Hutchinson, helped by a deflection off Noussair Mazrouai, curled in an equaliser.
“I know it’s frustrating for the fans but we are changing so much in this moment, with a lot of games. We are going to suffer for a long period and try to win games, this will take time,” said the former Sporting Lisbon boss. “It’s a tough league, you learn that in the first moment.”
“We will try to find a lot of things about the players, we will need a lot of time to work out these things.”
Meanwhile across town the statistics just keep getting worse for four-time defending champions Manchester City and their manager Pep Guardiola.
City’s Premier League title challenge took another major blow on Saturday after being thrashed 4-0 at home by Tottenham Hotspur.
A fifth-straight defeat in all competitions was the worst losing run of any defending champion in England since Chelsea in 1956
Guardiola, who has just extended his contract for a further two years, had never lost four successive matches in his trophy-laden coaching career at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City. That record has now been extended to five.
It was only the second time Guardiola had lost at home by four goals and City’s heaviest loss at home since 2003 when going down 5-1 against Arsenal. City are now eight points behind league leaders Liverpool.
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