{"id":425924,"date":"2025-09-15T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/425924\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:27:11","slug":"premier-league-reaction-its-my-fault-amorim-takes-blame-for-manchester-derby-defeat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/425924\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League reaction: ‘It’s my fault’ – Amorim takes blame for Manchester derby defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rooney urges Amorim to play a three-man midfieldpublished at 08:52 BST<\/p>\n

08:52 BST<\/p>\n

Man City 3-0 Man Utd<\/p>\n

\"Wayne<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim’s win rate across all competitions is the worst of any permanent Manchester United manager since World War Two and his win record is a dismal 26% in the league.<\/p>\n

Of the 17 sides who have been in the Premier League throughout since Amorim’s tenure began, his United team have the worst record – alongside Tottenham – with just 31 points from 31 games.<\/p>\n

“In quite a lot of league seasons that is relegation form,” Former United forward Wayne Rooney told the Wayne Rooney show.<\/p>\n

“What is important when you’re trying to implement a new style is you win games as well while you’re doing that.”<\/p>\n

Rooney also echoed comments made by other former players now working in the media when he addressed Amorim’s insistence on deploying two central midfielders, often against opposition sides featuring three.<\/p>\n

“I have had my time as a manager, and I know how it works, and I know how it is when someone else looks and critiques your formation. I can understand that, but it is so obvious,” Rooney added.<\/p>\n

“If you’re struggling, you have to put three in midfield and give yourself a chance to compete.”<\/p>\n

Watch The Wayne Rooney Show on BBC iPlayer<\/a> or listen on BBC Sounds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rooney urges Amorim to play a three-man midfieldpublished at 08:52 BST 08:52 BST Man City 3-0 Man Utd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-425924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115207605107323023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}