Ruben Amorim acknowledges 'really hard' intro to Manchester United life ahead of Liverpool trip

Ruben Amorim admitted Manchester United's struggles have taken their toll on him over the past seven weeks.

Any initial managerial bounce Amorim enjoyed after replacing Erik ten Hag in mid-November has quickly faded and United will head to Anfield on Sunday on a run of four straight defeats, six in their last eight, having slumped to 14th in the Premier League.

Amorim had warned after the 4-0 win over Everton at the start of December that the "storm will come" and so it has proven as United have lost their last three league games by conceding seven and scoring none.

Amorim's cross-city rival Pep Guardiola has admitted to sleepless nights and struggling to digest food during Manchester City's recent woes and Amorim said he likewise felt the weight of United's problems - even with his family having moved over from Portugal last week to join him.

"You can see in my face, you can compare it to the way when I arrive and now," he said with a laugh. "Of course there is a lot of pressure. For me, it's the pride and also the performance. It's harder when we don't perform well.

"When I arrived I explained everything before, even when you guys were talking after Everton about the top four, I explained I was expecting this but it's hard to cope with all the problems and the bad performances and the losses.

"It's really hard. It's supposed to be hard. The only thing that can help me is training with the players. And I also have my family now here so it's so different and that can help me a lot."

United were woeful in the first half of Monday's loss to Newcastle and lucky that Eddie Howe's side did not score four or five in the first half as United's midfield pairing of Christian Eriksen and Casemiro were overrun in the absence of the