Ruben Amorim says he was talking about himself and not his players when he said this could be the worst team in United’s history.
The United head coach was speaking at the pre-match press conference this lunchtime ahead of Manchester United’s Europa League clash with Rangers tomorrow.
Amorim was asked what the player’s response had been to his angry reaction to the 1-3 loss to Brighton.
“First of all, I want to talk about that. I was talking more about myself than for my players. It’s more for me, talking more about me than the players.
“You have to look at a coach that loses eight games in the first twelve”.
“If you look around when I speak, every time you push about the players not being good enough, I take the spotlight away from my players. I understand I gave you that headline but I get frustrated sometimes.
“Sometimes it’s really hard to hide the frustration in some moments.
“They’ve trained well and they’re ready for the next game.”
Asked why he would take responsibility away from the players by blaming himself, he replied:
“I’m not taking responsibility away from the players, what I’m saying is the message you guys show was that I’m putting on the players. In this moment, we are performing really bad and our results are really bad in the moment. It’s everything together, the players, the staff, and I’m the biggest responsible for the results.
“What I’m saying is that we have to improve in the details. We are too anxious, too anxious with the ball, too nervous. And then if you have a little inexperience in this game, when you fall in this context, it’s really hard to come up, especially if you’re a massive club.
“It is what it is. Was it the right time to say it? Probably not. I’m saying I’m really direct. At the moment we are playing really bad and the results are really bad in the moment. Everything is bad, the players, the staff. I’m just saying I’m the most responsible, because I’m the coach and I have that responsibility.
Asked again about his comments about anxiety, he replied:
“I think that is clear. I could say different things and say no, no, it’s the same thing, we have the support of the fans… No. We are more nervous playing at home than away. We lost four games in five, so it’s getting harder, but we can improve. If we don’t suffer the first goal in the fourth minute, the tenth minute, the fifteenth … it’s hard. We need the first thing in my mind, they cannot score. We need to score the first goal and we’ll play better at home.
“The most important thing is to think we can improve right away in the next match. Imagine tomorrow we don’t suffer a goal at the start, we score and play well, and then we go to Fulham and we win it. It will change the environment here and everything.
“What I knew since the first day, when I arrived, I knew that changing things, we are going to suffer and for me, that was really clear. I don’t want to say it’s going to take a lot of time. Loss after loss, it’s really hard for everybody, but we can change that tomorrow.”
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