We always expect Pep Guardiola’s reaction to be insightful and full of passion, and he did not disappoint after Manchester City’s shocking collapse late on as they lost 2-1 at Brighton on Sunday. City have now lost two of their opening three games of the season and all is not well. Guardiola has high standards and this new-look Man City …
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After Wednesday’s 12-11 defeat on penalties by League Two Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup, what Manchester United really needed was a straightforward victory against newly-promoted Burnley in the Premier League. But this is Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United we’re talking about; a team that just oozes drama. And there was plenty more of that at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon, …
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These are trying times for Millennial soccer fans. Signs of the passage of time and the effects of aging are everywhere you look. Our old idols of physical prowess, chiseled beauty, and rakish charm are now middle-aged men whose rounded faces and time-ravaged (or Turkensteined) hairlines are plastered onto our TV screens during interminable pre- and mid- and postgame pundit …
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Manchester United fans have sung Ruben Amorim’s name at every game since the Portuguese took charge of their club last November. Outsiders were baffled. United lost so many games but the support remained steadfast, defiance overriding disappointment. Until Wednesday. The away end which had chanted for him as recently as Sunday at Fulham remained silent. No way were they going …
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August is not yet over, the season is only three games old, and Ruben Amorim is already dropping big hints that talks over his future as Manchester United head coach will come during the international break that begins next week. That is the clear interpretation of his words after United were knocked out of a cup competition by a fourth-tier …
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Ruben Amorim says “something has to change” after Manchester United’s players “clearly showed what they want” in a shock Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town. Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren scored two goals in the space of eight first-half minutes for the fourth-tier hosts, but late goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Harry Maguire took the tie to penalties. After an …
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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim suffered the most embarrassing result of his Old Trafford reign as his woeful team were humiliated by League Two’s Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup. First-half goals from Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren, after errors from Andre Onana, saw the home side take a 2-0 lead before goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Harry Maguire …
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There were eerily-familiar days for Manchester United and Fulham in a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage on Sunday, and the player ratings bear out some usual stars and one surprising flop. For Fulham, it was another rescued point to start their Premier League season. MORE — Key problems remain at Manchester United For Man United, unfortunately, it resembled some of …
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Two games into the Premier League season and Manchester United remain winless despite promising performances. At Craven Cottage, usually a happy hunting ground for the visitors, substitute Emile Smith Rowe denied Ruben Amorim’s men three points with an equaliser in a hard-fought 1-1 draw. Rodrigo Muniz scored an unfortunate own goal to give United the lead, as a Leny Yoro header …
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LONDON — Manchester United weren’t convincing or dominant during their 1-1 draw at Fulham on Sunday, but it was better. And we are going to say that a lot about Manchester United this season. Of course, it couldn’t have got any worse than last season’s worst-ever Premier League points tally and lowest-ever finishing place. MORE — Fulham vs Man Utd …
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