'We will suffer' - Manchester United received a brutal reality check after Ruben Amorim comment

“It’s hard to expect anything now,” said Ruben Amorim after Manchester United's draw against Ipswich Town. Amorim's arrival during the international break restored the feel-good factor around the club but United's performance at Portman Road showed he has his work cut out.

“It’s not a surprise but you have to see it in-game," he continued. "That’s why I was a little bit anxious because you cannot understand what will happen in the game. I felt that. They are thinking too much because things are so different. It’s hard for the players in three days to cope with everything.

"But we [must not] forget about the new idea. That’s why I was brought here and we try to cope with the things they are used to doing. Next year, in the same stage, we will be here with the same problems or we start now … we risk a little bit, we suffer a little bit and next year will be better."

“We start very well but then we should have more possession. Sometimes, we had the ball in defence and the rest of the guys were too stuck because they were thinking: ‘Where should I be?.

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"They need time to have some fluidity. I know it’s frustrating for the fans but we are changing so much in this moment with a lot of games. We are going to suffer for a long period.

"This will take time. We could lose if it was not for Onana so we have to understand that and be pragmatic that these guys had two days to train to change so much. We will have a situation where you see a structure and you will say: ‘It’s not fluid.’ But it is like [taking] steps. We have to put in the heads the structure. When they start