Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim explains his 'worst team' remark

Ruben Amorim has clarified his earlier controversial remark about his Manchester United team being "the worst team" in the club's history, while acknowledging his own accountability for the difficulties at Old Trafford.

"I was talking more about me than the players," said the coach. "I also talked in the same response (that) I was not helping my players and if you look around, every time I speak, and I speak a lot, every time you push that the players are not good enough, I never put the spot(light) on my players.

"I'm frustrated sometimes, and sometimes I should not say it in those terms; but it is what it is and sometimes it's really hard to hide the frustration in some moments. But the good thing is that I said the same things in a different way in the dressing room five minutes before. The response was quite normal because I'm really blunt with my players".

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Under Amorim's leadership since his November appointment following Erik ten Hag's dismissal, United have suffered six defeats in their previous nine Premier League matches, including a 3-1 loss to Brighton on Sunday.

The club currently sits in 13th position in the Premier League standings.

"We are more nervous playing at home (Old Trafford) than away because we lost a lot of games, like four games in five. So it's getting harder," he said.

"But we can improve. I think if we don't suffer the first goal, like in the fourth minute, and I remember like it's fourth minute, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and then it's really hard to calm down the team. The first thing in my mind is they (the opposition) cannot score. We need to score the first one. If we score the first one, I think that will change and we'll play better at home in the beginning."