Ruben Amorim responds to sack threat after latest Man Utd defeat at Tottenham
The Red Devils have slipped to 15th.
Ruben Amorim insists he is not worried about his job despite Manchester United’s woeful form continuing with defeat at Tottenham on Sunday.
James Maddison scored the only goal of the game as Spurs beat the Red Devils 1-0 in the Premier League clash in north London.
The victory took Tottenham up to 12th in the top flight while United remained 15th as they suffered their 12th defeat in 25 league matches.
Amorim only arrived from Sporting in November but such has their been abysmal form and level of performance that he is already under pressure.
It seems very unlikely that the Portuguese would be dismissed before the end of the season but results mean that he is being asked about his future.
‘I am not worried,’ Amorim told the BBC. ‘I understand our fans, what the media think about it. I hate to lose, that feeling is the worst.
‘The rest I am not thinking about. I am here to help my players. I understand my situation, my job, I am confident on my work and I just want to win games.
‘The place in the table is my worry, I am not worried about me.’
Manchester United were poor, once again, but did create some chances, with the likes of Alejandro Garnacho and Joshua Zirkzee spurning opportunities.
‘It was the difference of the game, they scored and we didn’t,’ said the manager. ‘We had the opportunities. We had situations in transitions, trying to get a result, but in the end they scored and we didn’t.
‘We want to recover the players, I think we can recover some players for the next game. We have to be together to finish the season and start over.’
Speaking before the game at Tottenham, Amorim admitted that the struggles are proving exhausting, not just for him but everyone at the club.
‘It’s ups and downs. It’s a fight every day, with everything – with a lot of media – then you have to cope with a lot of games,’ he told Sky Sports.
‘Then when you are in this club – in any club – but in this club, if you cannot push for a lot of wins in a row, you are always fighting. That can be exhausting not just for me, for everybody in the club, and for the players.
‘We need to keep fighting and focus just on the small things, and for me the small thing is the next game.’
United’s next outing is at in-form Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.
