‘It’s going to be hard until the end of the season’- Amorim ahead of Brighton clash

Manchester United take on Brighton at home on Sunday, and confidence levels won’t be too high after they just scraped past Southampton

Thursday evening’s game should’ve been a welcome opportunity for Manchester United to build confidence with a comfortable win, but it was anything but.

Speaking after uncomfortable 3-1 win, Ruben Amorim admitted it will be a difficult season: “I think it’s going to be hard until the end of the season. It’s going to be a rollercoaster. Then it depends on the time you have to train.”

Brighton have been in excellent form, currently five points ahead of the Red Devils and they haven’t lost a game since mid-December.

Fabian Hurzeler is having an excellent first season in the South and players like Joao Pedro and Carlos Baleba have really shone.

Amorim, by contrast, has had a difficult start. Although the situation he has come into is more than tricky. United are playing every three days and there is no time for him to enforce his ideas on the training pitch.

“We are trying to do everything at the same time. We have had seven training sessions together in 14 or 15 games so it’s really hard, but we have to continue and try to win. Sometimes playing good and sometimes playing bad!”

Some players have been worked very hard in the past few weeks, namely Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte, which Amorim was apologetic for.

“It’s also my fault. If you lose the timing of the pressure, it is lost. Manu (Ugarte) was running against two guys so it’s more my fault than his fault.”

It was widely rumoured that the 39-year-old wanted to join United in the Summer, and given the conditions he has come into, it is clear to see why.