Another home game, another setback for Manchester United and Ruben Amorim.
Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace was Amorim’s fifth home Premier League defeat at the helm. He’s hit that mark all too soon, and we put his tough start into context.
After a run of three consecutive wins in all competitions, Manchester United were brought back down to earth with a bump by Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Sunday. In a game where Ruben Amorim experimented with deploying midfielder Kobbie Mainoo as a central striker – leaving Rasmus Højlund and Joshua Zirkzee on the bench – it was an actual striker in Jean-Philippe Mateta who did the damage. The Frenchman scored a second-half brace to seal Palace’s fourth victory at Old Trafford in the last six seasons.
This latest setback marked United’s fifth home league defeat under Amorim, which is fairly concerning given he’s only overseen seven such matches. No Manchester United manager has reached five home losses in fewer home games in their Premier League history.
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Amorim has hit five home defeats twice as fast as the much-maligned David Moyes, while Erik ten Hag took 28 home matches to suffer the same number. Neither José Mourinho nor Ralf Rangnick ever reached five home league defeats during their Old Trafford tenures.
