- Manchester United have lost five of Rubén Amorim's first 10 games in charge
- The next game will be Newcastle and a player has been criticized
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Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana has been criticized for making mistakes as an under-12 player during Rubén Amorim's brutal start to life at the club.
United have lost five of Amorim's first 10 games in charge and languish in 14th place in the Premier League, just eight points above the relegation zone. Unfortunately, they are also 12 points off the Champions League places.
The 2-0 Boxing Day defeat to Wolves added to the misery and Matheus Cunha became the second player in a week to score directly from a corner against United.
The forward's devilish delivery at Molineux fell on the head of André Onana exactly seven days after Altay Bayindir scored the same goal, on that occasion by Son Heung-min, during the Carabao Cup defeat against Tottenham.
sport mail Columnist Chris Sutton has criticized the schoolboys' mistakes and believes they will do nothing to help Amorim reverse his team's nightmare form.
Previewing Newcastle's trip to Old Trafford, Sutton said BBC sport: 'I said before Christmas that I thought Newcastle would advance and they have.
Andre Onana has been criticized by expert Chris Sutton for making mistakes in the Under-12 category
Onana has been criticized during a nightmare season for Manchester United
“The way they are playing, they should win at Old Trafford and make it four wins in a row in the league. Manchester United's form is exactly the opposite.
“I'm not worried about Amorim being fired, but it doesn't help that your goalkeeper keeps conceding goals directly from a corner, that's something for under-12s.”
'I remember it happened when I was watching my son play when he was about 15 and he was killed in a corner.
“I told him that something like that would never happen to a professional goalkeeper, but it has happened twice in two weeks to Manchester United: first to Altay Bayindir and then to Andre Onana. You couldn't make up for it.
“However, I need to apologize because I was too kind to Manchester United last week when I said they would get a draw against Wolves.
“Their fans criticize me so much on social media every time I say they are going to lose, it must have affected me a little. I have become a bit of a chicken and I have sacrificed them to get a draw when my intuition was bad. for them to lose. .
“That has to stop, because they are trash.” “That doesn't depend on Amorim because we will judge him when he has the opportunity to bring in his own players but, for now, we have to see them for what they are, which is a really poor team.”
Onana joined United in the summer of 2023 from Inter Milan in a deal worth £47m, but has struggled to perform consistently under Erik ten Hag and Amorim. In fact, a recent report suggests he is restless in Manchester.
Sutton says mistakes have cost United valuable points and believes they should not happen
Rubén Amorim has lost five of his first ten games in charge and United languish in 14th place.
That could leave United looking for a replacement in the coming months and Brighton stopper Bart Verbruggen is reportedly on their short list for the summer.
Amorim lamented his team's inability to defend set pieces but insisted they must lick their wounds and adopt the same methods as several of their rivals.
“After a defeat, I don't want to talk about it, but you see that nowadays every corner is an opportunity,” Amorim said.
'Sometimes you forget about the little kids and the talented ones. You put 11 guys on corners or free kicks if you can do everything inside the area.
'But those are the rules and we should not cry about it but do the same. So we have to focus on doing the same with the opponent.”
