Struggling Brentford deepen Amorim's Man United malaise

LONDON -- Ruben Amorim spent Friday day astatine Manchester United's Carrington grooming centre talking astir the anticipation of ticking disconnected his archetypal back-to-back Premier League wins and yet injecting immoderate momentum into his reign.

A small implicit 24 hours later, helium was sat successful the media theatre astatine Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium -- grim-faced and astir grey with anguish -- mulling implicit different decision and facing questions astir whether he's inactive the close antheral to instrumentality this squad forward.

There is momentum yes, but not successful the absorption Amorim wants.

The Portuguese manager has been successful complaint for 11 months and it was a time that had the feeling of being backmost to quadrate one. Brentford much than deserved their 3-1 win. It would person been much had it not been for a drawstring of saves from Altay Bayindir.

There was a sliding doors infinitesimal successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Bruno Fernandes had the accidental to marque it 2-2 from the punishment spot, but saw his footwear saved by Caoimhín Kelleher. Nathan Collins was fortunate helium wasn't sent disconnected for pulling backmost Bryan Mbeumo.

Instead, United were made to wage for a disastrous archetypal 20 minutes during which they went 2-0 down. It was followed by a mostly lifeless second-half display, contempt Benjamin Sesko's archetypal extremity for the nine handing them a lifeline connected 26 minutes.

Rather than getting the accidental to speech astir consecutive victories and a tiny measurement forward, Amorim was near to sift done the rumble of much damning statistics.

In his 33 Premier League games, United person won nine, kept 5 cleanable sheets and acquired conscionable 34 points. They haven't won distant from location successful the league since March.

"When you triumph you consciousness that the momentum is here," Amorim said. "When you lose, you spell backmost to the aforesaid spot and you combat again for 1 triumph that tin assistance you to make the momentum.

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"I'm ever doing my job. If I win, I'm successful a antithetic authorities of mind. That is normal. But I'm ever assured due to the fact that I cognize what to do."

If Amorim inactive has assurance successful himself, it remains to beryllium seen whether United's committee retains the aforesaid faith. If thing else, there's a large determination connected the skyline for co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his assortment of executives if results bash not crook astir quickly.

Brentford and Keith Andrews person cranked up the unit different notch up of Sunderland's sojourn to Old Trafford adjacent weekend.

"I'm conscionable trying to triumph the adjacent game, make again the momentum," Amorim insisted. "That's it."

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