- Manchester United face Liverpool after four consecutive defeats in all competitions.
- Manager Ruben Amorim highlights player anxiety and mounting pressure on the team.
- United risk matching historic losing streaks from 1979 and 1909.
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim admits his players are “too anxious, too afraid,” and acknowledges the toll the team’s poor form has taken on him personally.
United travel to league leaders Liverpool on Sunday (16:30 GMT) after enduring four consecutive defeats across all competitions, three of which were in the Premier League.
Since Amorim’s appointment in November, the team has won just two league matches and sits only seven points above the relegation zone.
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“You can see in my face, you can compare it to the way when I arrive and now,” said Amorim, who has lost five of his eight Premier League games in charge.
“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.”
United’s recent slump has seen them lose 3-0 at home to Bournemouth, 2-0 at Wolves, and 2-0 at home to Newcastle, all within an eight-day festive period.
The team faces historic pressure as they seek to avoid losing four consecutive league matches in the same season for the first time since December 1978 to February 1979. Additionally, the last time United suffered four straight defeats without scoring was over a century ago, in April 1909.
“They are anxious, sometimes afraid on the pitch,” Amorim said of his players. “We have to cope with that.”
On Friday, United’s Portuguese boss said “we are starving for leaders on the pitch” as he praised defender Harry Maguire for bouncing back from difficult times.
“We need the leaders to step up to help the other guys and I’m the most responsible person here to improve the performances,” he added.
“You can see the players are trying, sometimes too anxious, too afraid to play football because this is a difficult moment and we will help the players to be better.”
United, who are 23 points behind Liverpool having played one game more, have not won at Anfield since January 2016 when Wayne Rooney scored the only goal of the game.
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Meanwhile, United have failed to score on the past five visits, with their last goal at the venue coming in December 2018.
Despite his team’s worrying form, Amorim said better times were coming for United and their fans.
“I will do my best,” he said. “I am giving everything to help the club and we are going to succeed. I know it is hard to understand that in this moment, but we are going to succeed.”
