Ruben Amorim admits he was frustrated following the loss against Tottenham Hotspur

“All the struggles we had in games, I felt it before. That was the hardest part. To go to the games and know that we are not going to be competitive — I was really frustrated,” Amorim told BBC Sport. “If I feel before the game that we’re going to be competitive, then we’ll be ok. I don’t want to return to that feeling that we are thinking it’s not a 50-50 game,” he added.

High expectations

Amorim’s arrival at Man United, after the mid-season sacking of Erik Ten Hag, sparked off excitement given the Portuguese coach’s stellar record with Sporting CP. However, after a run of seven wins from 27 league games, the Red Devils head coach believes he has used up all his credit and his team needs to perform now.

‘Cannot control results’

“We cannot control the results. But the way we perform, the way we connect with fans, these small things, we are going to do no matter what. All the credit I had when I arrived was used last year. Now, we have to perform,” said Amorim. United have looked good in pre-season, winning two games — including a 4-1 dismantling of Bournemouth — and drawing once.

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