- Admitted he was frustrated
Ruben Amorim has said he regrets saying his Manchester United team might be the worst in the club’s history and insisted he was pointing the finger of blame at himself rather than his players.
Amorim made the comment in the aftermath of the 3-1 defeat to Brighton on Sunday.
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, the 39-year-old clarified his statement.
But he went on to say he would be “delusional” if he didn’t acknowledge that he has significant problems after a run of seven defeats from his 15 games in charge.
“First of all, I want to talk about that,” Amorim began after being asked about his suggestion that this is the worst United team in history.
“I was talking more about myself than the players. I also said in the same response that I was not helping my players. If you look around every time I speak and every time you push about the players are not good enough, I never put the spot on my players.
“So I understand I give you that headline and I am frustrated sometimes. Sometimes I should not say it in those terms, but it is what it is and that’s it.
“Sometimes it’s really hard to hide the frustration in the moment. But the good thing is I said the same things in a different way in the dressing room five minutes before. The response was quite normal because I’m really blunt with my players.”
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