Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim warns of ongoing ‘rollercoaster’ as club attempt at stormy rebuild continues.Who: Manchester United vs BrightonWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Old Trafford, Manchester, United KingdomWhen: 2pm (16:00 GMT) on SundayFollow Al Jazeera’s live build-up followed by our text and photo stream of the match.
Ruben Amorim has warned that Manchester United’s season will continue to be a “rollercoaster” ride as players learn to adapt to his system following a dramatic 3-1 win against Southampton.
Premier League basement club Southampton were on the brink of a shock win at Old Trafford on Thursday before Amad Diallo scored a stunning 12-minute hat-trick to turn the game on its head.
It followed a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Liverpool and a morale-boosting FA Cup win against Arsenal.
Amorim, who took over from the sacked Erik ten Hag in November, had previously warned that a “storm will come” ahead of a run of six defeats in eight games.
Aged 22 years and 189 days, Amad has become Man Utd’s youngest ever hat-trick scorer at Old Trafford in the Premier League ✨ pic.twitter.com/Bmd1a6CXfd
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The 39-year-old Portuguese boss forecast more turbulence following the subpar display against the struggling Saints. Despite the win, United, who host Brighton on Sunday, are still languishing in 12th place in the Premier League table.
“I think it’s going to be hard until the end of the season,” Amorim said. “It’s going to be a little bit that rollercoaster. Then it depends on the time you have to train. We are still in the [FA] Cup and we have UEFA games for the Europa League.
“Then it’s important also to focus on next Thursday [when Scottish giants Rangers visit Old Trafford] to win and to try to be in that top eight.”
He added: “We had seven trainings together in 14, 15 games. It’s really hard, but we have to c …