Ruben Amorim pulls no punches with damning Man Utd verdict - "We have to accept that"

Ruben Amorim admitted his Manchester United team deserves to be remembered as the club’s worst in history.

United have now suffered 14 Premier League defeats, they sunk to 14th in the table and cannot reach their previous lowest ever points tally of 58 after another humiliation at . Red Devils boss Amorim left out first choice keeper Andre Onana ahead of Thursday’s second leg against Lyon but his replacement Altay Bayindir had a nightmare.

When asked about United’s worst-ever Premier League campaign, Amorim said: “It is a reflection of our season, we need to accept that and to move forward and try to do things so much better in the future so we don’t have this kind of season.

“Nothing is worse than losing games. People can say whatever they want to say. I don't want to defend myself or anything like that. If you look at our position in the table, it says it all.

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“We need to improve in a lot of things and our position is a reflection of our performances this season. The mistakes we made during the game helped the opponent and gave them confidence.

“I have no regrets because we made mistakes, they were better than us and even if we put out a different XI we don’t know the result. We made choices. I’m going to continue to do the same.

"We need to focus on the next one, the next one is massive for us and we have to play better. Thursday is really important. Losing games is the hardest part by far of this job.”

Amorim refused to say whether he will recall Onana for Thursday but confirmed he will almost certainly be without Joshua Zirkzee who came off with a hamstring injury. Newcastle assistant Jason Tindall was in charge because boss Eddie Howe was absent through illness after being admitted to hospital on Friday.

The win puts Newcastle up to fourth and on course for the . Tindall said: “I said to the players before the game: ‘Go out and deliver a performance the manager would be proud of.’ They did that. I got a text message from him before I came into the press conference and the performance would have put a smile on his face.

“We did miss him. But I’m really, really proud of the players. It’s different when you’re stepping in during the absence of the manager. It’s up to the players to deliver a performance - and they certainly did that.”

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