Amorim has no excuses for Man Utd’s latest meltdown

AFP | London

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Ruben Amorim admitted Manchester United’s embarrassing 4-1 defeat at Newcastle on Sunday was the latest in a long line of mistake-filled performances from his troubled team.

United slumped to another chastening loss as Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes struck either side of Harvey Barnes’ brace for a rampant Newcastle at St James’ Park.

United’s 14 league defeats this season are their joint highest in a single Premier League campaign.

They last suffered more losses in a top-flight season in 1989-90, when they came 13th.

Without a win in their last four games in all competitions, United are languishing in 14th place as they try to avoid their lowest finish since being relegated in 21st place in 1973-74.

Alejandro Garnacho’s firsthalf equaliser was no consolation for United, who were out-fought and out-classed after the interval in a loss that showed the vast gap between Amorim’s men and the Premier League’s elite at present.

“Many mistakes. They were stronger in the second balls, they were a better team, but we did a lot of mistakes which makes it harder to win a game,” Amorim said.

“It is a little bit of everything, it is hard to point one thing that goes wrong in these moments.