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Reuben Amorim urged players and fans to trust the process as he vowed to turn things around as he did at Sporting Lisbon after Manchester United’s first defeat at home to Nottingham Forest in 30 years.
Erik ten Hag’s successor enjoyed a promising start to life in charge but repeatedly struggled to live up to expectations as wins against Bodo/Glimt and Everton followed draws at Ipswich.
Amorim warned the storm was not far away and it showed, with Arsenal’s corner prowess earning them a 2-0 Premier League win on Wednesday, which Forest contributed to on Saturday.
Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and the celebrant Chris Wood scored in a famous 3-2 triumph at Old Trafford, where Rasmus Hojlund and Bruno Fernandes scored for the hosts.
“We already knew (it would be difficult),” head coach Amorim said. “It will be a long road but we want to win because this is a huge club.
“You feel when you lose one game, it’s really hard for everyone. I can understand that. I can feel it in the stadium after the first goal.
“We understand the context, but we have to continue (working) in the same way, doing the same things. The same words I have here with Everton, I have today. Continue to focus on performance.
“We have to improve in many aspects of the game and continue to do the same things tomorrow in training.”
Asked about his mentality after back-to-back defeats, Amorim said: “I had this and worse at Sporting at the beginning.
“The feeling is the same for me. It’s completely different for the world because you know Sporting in Portugal, but Manchester you have a lot of attention. But it feels the same to me.
“I had this period at Sporting and if you are a little experienced in football, it happens with a lot of clubs and we have to manage to keep doing the same things and improve the team because this will turn around.
“We need time and to continue working the same way every day.”
There were ups and downs on Saturday night, when Andrew Onan He somehow allowed Gibbs-White to shoot past him before the keeper and his defenders failed to cut out Wood’s looping header.
“Onana has already saved us many times, so we have to find a way when it happens to Onana or Altay (Bayindir) or Tom (Heaton),” he said.
“We have to turn around and score two goals to help our goalkeeper, the same way he saves us, for example, at Ipswich.
“We have to continue. We are losing as a team, we have to improve in all aspects of the game.”
Another of those aspects is the set-pieces, with United conceding after just 88 seconds as Milenkovic took a corner, three days after the set-pieces that cost them at Arsenal.
“When that happens, it’s more my fault because I’m responsible,” Amorim said. “We try to do it in the best way.
“We have worked a lot in this area because we saw it at Arsenal. It’s really difficult in this context.”
Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo was delighted to oversee the club’s first win at Old Trafford since 1994 as his side bounced back from Wednesday’s 3-0 defeat on the road at Manchester City.
“It means a lot to us as a club,” he said. “Forest are a massive club who have been far from such special moments as this and you should celebrate and be proud of us.
“I mean Vila. We let our friends celebrate. We are now starting to prepare for the next one, but we are very proud to be part of this group of players and team.
“We’re trying to do something together, build something beautiful.”