Ruben Amorim ended his long wait for back-to-back Premier League victories against Liverpool. Now he has a new challenge.
Ruben Amorim oversaw successive Premier League wins for the first time during his Manchester United tenure with the 2-1 win at Liverpool
Manchester United have finally ended Ruben Amorim’s long wait for back-to-back Premier League wins.
The Reds secured an impressive 2-1 win at Anfield on Sunday to back up their victory over Sunderland before the international break and move to within two points of Liverpool in the table.
It was a monkey off Amorim’s back and a welcome fillip for United after a mixed start to the campaign. The challenge now for the Portuguese and his players is to find consistency and turn back-to-back wins into three in a row.
The clash with Brighton offers a chance to do just that, and provide Amorim with another first.
United are targeting a top six finish this season after a dismal domestic campaign last term but they won’t be able to challenge for the European places without being able to consistently string wins together.
So while the win at Liverpool – the first for United in nearly a decade – should be celebrated and enjoyed, it needs to be a springboard, not an outlier.
“I wouldn’t go as far as to say Man United are back but it’s a huge win for them,” said former United skipper Roy Keane at the weekend.
“They’re winning a few matches now, they’ve won at Liverpool so they’ve got to take that belief now into the game next week against Brighton.
“Enjoy a little bit of success tonight, no doubt the fans will have a few drinks but stay focused and stay in the zone.
“They’ve now got to build on it.”
Brighton have posed United plenty of problems at Old Trafford in recent seasons, winning on their last three visits.
But if United can put an end to that recent record and secure another three points, it will be the first time they have won three Premier League games in a row since February 2024 when Rasmus Hojlund was in goalscoring form, hitting five in a winning run of four games that started with a late victory at Wolves and also saw United beat West Ham at Old Trafford and win away at Aston Villa and Luton Town.
That win at Kenilworth Road, secured by an early Hojlund brace, came 49 top flight matches ago. It’s time United did it again.
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