Ruben Amorim mentioned Manchester United are dealing with a “lengthy journey” again to the highest after Nottingham Forest recorded their first win at Old Trafford for 30 years.
Forest won 3-2 on Saturday to sentence Amorim to back-to-back top-flight defeats for the primary time since August 2022 when he was accountable for Sporting CP.
The outcome leaves United thirteenth within the desk with simply 19 factors — their lowest tally after 15 video games for the reason that 1986-87 season.
“We already knew [it would be tough],” Amorim mentioned.
“It will likely be an extended journey however we need to win as a result of this can be a large membership. You really feel it, if you lose one sport it is actually arduous for everyone.
“I can perceive that. I can really feel it within the stadium after the primary objective. We perceive the context however we now have to maintain getting in the identical means, doing the identical issues. The identical phrases I’ve right here with [the 4-0 win over] Everton, I’ve at the moment. Focus on the efficiency. We want to enhance in numerous elements of the sport and proceed to do the identical issues tomorrow in coaching.”
United had been undone by a sequence of defensive errors which allowed Forest so as to add victory at Old Trafford to their 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield in September.
Nikola Milenković scored with a strong header after simply 90 seconds when Lisandro Martínez failed to leap for a nook.
A misplaced go from Bruno Fernandes and a howler from André Onana allowed Morgan Gibbs-White to attain the second and there have been a list of errors from Onana, Martínez and Matthijs de Ligt for the third scored by Chirs Wood.
“I had this and worse in Sporting at first,” Amorim mentioned.
“The feeling for me is identical however for the world it is fully completely different. You know Sporting in Portugal however Manchester [United] has numerous consideration however for me it is the identical feeling.
“I had this era at Sporting and if you’re somewhat skilled in soccer this occurs with numerous golf equipment and we now have to handle to proceed to do the identical issues and enhance the group as a result of this may flip round. We want time and to proceed to work in the identical means day-after-day.”
