Ruben Amorim: Red Devils must 'run like mad dogs'

Ruben Amorim says Manchester United are a massive club but not a massive team as he continues to try and turn around a group that need to "run like mad dogs" if they are to become winners.

A poor start to Erik ten Hag's third season in charge last month led the Red Devils to turn to the 39-year-old, who immediately lifted the mood after swapping Sporting for Old Trafford.

Amorim followed a draw at Ipswich in his opening match with entertaining wins against Bodo/Glimt and Everton, yet he repeatedly attempted to manage expectations.

The Portuguese said United would "suffer for a long period" and then warned a "storm will come" ahead of Wednesday’s 2-0 loss at Arsenal – a reality check before hosting Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

"I think that is very clear," Amorim said of the scale of the job. "We are a massive club, but we are not a massive team, and we know it. It’s no problem to say it.

"So we want to improve, we are in a different moment from Arsenal, but you could feel it during the game.

"I think we have to believe more because we were not dominant in the game, but we had control in the game.

"Not so many chances for Arsenal – of course a lot of set pieces – but we were OK, especially in the first half. We had some good things in that moment, but you could feel that there’s so much to do.

"We need to be better in the final third, we have to create more danger, they have to feel it.

"I felt that Arsenal had problems to block our build up but then when they were defending the goal it was quite comfortable for them, so we are learning these things and trying to improve in two days."

United’s problems mean they enter the weekend 13th in the Premier League standings – quite the sight for fans of a club who have won an English