VIDEO SHOWS: RUBEN AMORIM PRESS CONFERENCE RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 3, 2025) (MUTV – See restrictions) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING: "You cannot run away from the results and then you have baggage from last season. But last season for me doesn't matter in relation of the season we are in, we spoke about that. We've had six games this season and we've lost three. And then we have to look to the games that we lost." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING: "I am not saying that this team would play better in a different system or not, that is not my point. My point is that if I look back at the games we didn't win, the most important thing when I watch the game is not that we lost because of the system, that is my opinion, people have different opinions, that's OK." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING: "You cannot say one thing that doesn't work when it works on one weekend and on the other weekend it doesn't work. When one thing doesn't work, it doesn't work every day. "But when things work one day and the other day it doesn't, then the next day it works really well again, it is something about the way we do the same thing. So we need to do the same thing in the same way every day, and we are not doing that, that is my opinion." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING: "It is not time to say, it is time to show. Again I can look at the games for this year for me are completely different. There are some things that are the same, that is nothing about the position on the pitch, where we put the ball, it's other things that we cannot change. We show that thing in certain games, in the other games we are not the same team." 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING: "It is a team that plays really well. It is a clear system 4-3-3 with a lot of rotations on the side of the pitch. They are confident and they know we are going to be under pressure and we need to be able to play with that and we are prepared for a tough tough match." 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING: "It is not just the table and all the results that also in the end that matters the most, but the way they play. They have a clear identity. It is a very good manager and a very good team." STORY: Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim defended his tactical approach on Friday (October 3), insisting his much-criticised 3-4-2-1 system is not to blame for the team's struggles as he prepares for his 50th game in charge against promoted Sunderland. The Portuguese faces mounting pressure after United slumped to 14th in the Premier League with two wins from six games after last weekend's 3-1 loss at Brentford prompted club great Wayne Rooney to say he had no faith in Amorim turning things around. With United already out of the League Cup and having failed to qualify for Europe following last season's 15th-place finish, the pressure is on Amorim to deliver in the league where they are already eight points adrift of leaders Liverpool. While United's squad are still coming to terms with Amorim's philosophy, the manager admitted his side's performance at Brentford was 'disjointed' but argued that inconsistency rather than tactics was the root problem. Amorim was generous in his praise for Sunderland's French boss Regis Le Bris, who has guided his side to fifth place in the standings after six games, four points behind Liverpool. United will also hold a minute's silence and wear black armbands following Thursday's attack at a synagogue in Manchester in which two men were killed. (Production: Andy Ragg)
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