{"id":428150,"date":"2025-09-16T05:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428150\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:58:13","slug":"ruben-amorim-told-two-man-city-players-looked-like-they-were-in-a-park-against-man-utd-star-you-have-to-bring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428150\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim told two Man City players &#8216;looked like they were in a park&#8217; against Man Utd star, &#8216;You have to bring&#8217;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has been warned about what happened to one key first-team player against Manchester City at the Etihad on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils were back in action for the first time since the end of the September international break, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> tasting defeat in the Manchester derby.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City bounced back from back-to-back Premier League defeats after Phil Foden netted against United in the first half before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/erling-haaland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erling Haaland<\/a> scored a brace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/pep-guardiola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pep Guardiola\u2019s<\/a> men collected all three Premier League points on Sunday and City climbed ahead of United in the table, with the Red Devils\u2019 rivals now in eighth place.<\/p>\n<p>United, on the other hand, fell to 14th place in the Premier League table after losing their second league match in their opening four matches of the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/its-tough-gary-lineker-and-alan-shearer-drop-powerful-verdict-on-what-man-utd-ace-must-be-thinking-vs-man-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018It\u2019s tough\u2019\u2026 Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer drop powerful verdict on what Man Utd ace \u2018must be thinking\u2019 vs Man City<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235445768-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim looks on after losing the Premier League match between Manchester City and Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium in 2025 in Manchester, England.\" class=\"wp-image-297558\" \/>Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images<strong>Dion Dublin tells Ruben Amorim exactly what happened to Benjamin Sesko in Man City vs Man Utd at the Etihad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-fans-all-thinking-same-benjamin-sesko-point-after-his-first-premier-league-start-vs-man-city-see-how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United fans reacted to Benjamin Sesko\u2019s performance<\/a> on Sunday, with the summer signing finally starting his first Premier League match for his side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/benjamin-sesko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Sesko<\/a> was leading the frontline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-lose-3-0-to-man-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United\u2019s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/bryan-mbeumo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/amad-diallo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amad Diallo<\/a> playing behind the 22-year-old Slovenian.<\/p>\n<p>The Slovenia international struggled in the United attack and Sesko was starved of much-needed service during the Premier League match against City at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Dion Dublin admitted that he would \u201chold back\u201d from taking a major dig on former Newcastle and Arsenal target Sesko over his display.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 56-year-old ex-United and England player felt that City defenders Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias showed exactly where Sesko is at right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to bring something to the table,\u201d Dion Dublin said, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/c62q3y96n38t?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t seen enough of Benjamin Sesko. I\u2019m going to hold back on giving him a hard time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe, as an old number nine, I expect more from a number nine playing for United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias looked like they were in a park playing against Sesko today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/ruben-amorim-responds-to-frustration-of-everybody-after-three-man-utd-stars-faced-man-city-all-these-narratives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim responds to \u2018frustration of everybody\u2019 after three Man Utd stars faced Man City, \u2018all these narratives\u2019\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim\u2019s position on Man Utd striker Benjamin Sesko after Dion Dublin\u2019s remarks about the summer signing<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Sesko\u2019s first Premier League start came to an end in the 80th minute, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> withdrawing the United striker and replacing him with <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/casemiro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casemiro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-ratings-vs-man-city-altay-bayindir-poor-for-3-10-but-2-10-player-had-the-true-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking after City\u2019s 3-0 win over United<\/a>, Red Devils boss Amorim insisted that Sesko will need to tap into his \u201cqualities\u201d amid adapting to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is going to feel that he is in the strongest league in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can help Sesko to use his qualities, but it will take time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sesko has made five appearances for United since his move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a> in August, but the Slovenia striker has not scored in a single match so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has been warned about what happened to one key first-team player against Manchester&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[5758,146023,94,101,99,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-428150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-benjamin-sesko","9":"tag-dion-dublin","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-ruben-amorim","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115212445583729425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428150","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=428150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}