{"id":228625,"date":"2025-09-15T11:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/228625\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:45:10","slug":"man-utd-neville-makes-amorim-sack-prediction-after-defeat-to-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/228625\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: Neville makes Amorim sack prediction after defeat to Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd legend Gary Neville insists that Ruben Amorim\u2019s ideas have now \u201cgot to land very quickly\u201d after the Red Devils lost 3-0 to Man City in the Manchester Derby.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils had a nightmare 2024\/25 season which saw them finish 15th in the Premier League, while Amorim lost the Europa League final to Tottenham, meaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> don\u2019t have European football this term.<\/p>\n<p>But things aren\u2019t much better this campaign with one win, one draw and two defeats from their opening four Premier League matches after their loss to arch-rivals Man City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden opened the scoring with a header on 18 minutes before Haaland doubled the Citizens\u2019 lead on 53 minutes with a well-taken finish over Altay Bayindir.<\/p>\n<p>Norway international Haaland then wrapped up the game on 68 minutes by producing another brilliant finish after running the full length of the Man Utd half before sliding the ball past Bayindir.<\/p>\n<p>And former Man Utd defender Neville now reckons Amorim comes under increased pressure after spending over \u00a3200m on new players over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-sack-race-arteta-amorim-nuno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Only Potter keeps Amorim off the top of the Premier League sack race<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neville said on\u00a0Sky Sports: \u201cI think there will be some pressure applied to the manager and his rigidity of sticking with the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCity have beaten them well and comfortably. United had some good moments in the game \u2013 the first 15 minutes and the first five minutes of the second half. City, in big moments, have had better players. Foden, Doku, Haaland have stood out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been times when I have seen United lose this type of match when I feel angry and frustrated. I just feel nothing, which is even worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been a nothing of a performance. United have just been beaten. With\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0next week, another defeat and big questions would start to be asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MANCHESTER UNITED COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-city-man-utd-16-conclusions-haaland-amorim-foden-mbeumo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>16 Conclusions from Man City 3-0 Man Utd: Haaland, Foden, Doku joy, but more grim United misery<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/how-long-do-manchester-united-keep-waiting-roy-keane-fed-up-with-ruben-amorim-excuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u201cHow long do Manchester United keep waiting?\u201d Roy Keane fed up with Ruben Amorim \u2018excuses\u2019<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/who-will-be-the-next-man-utd-manager-if-ruben-amorim-is-sacked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Who will be the next Man Utd manager if Ruben Amorim is sacked?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neville reckons if their current form carries on into October then the Man Utd board will be faced with another potential decision over whether to sack Amorim or not.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cMan Utd\u00a0are 14th, we\u2019re only four games in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t be getting into October where Man Utd are 14th or 15th in the league otherwise the manager will be in trouble. They have to start winning quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext week if they lose [against\u00a0Chelsea], they would go to 15th and 16th. It\u2019s five games in and before you know it you\u2019re in October and they\u2019re in the bottom half of the table. And that\u2019s where they can\u2019t be, having spent \u00a3200million and giving him a pre-season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s got to be a turnaround pretty quickly, and the manager\u2019s idea has got to land very quickly with the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neville continues:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m worried about the manager, I\u2019m worried about what\u2019s going to happen in this next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a time for panic, but I\u2019ve seen this before, we\u2019ve seen this film.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd legend Gary Neville insists that Ruben Amorim\u2019s ideas have now \u201cgot to land very quickly\u201d after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":228626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[83748,9655,3782,50,220,12445,221,62,9656,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-228625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-gary-neville","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-manchester-united","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-ruben-amorim","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uncategorized","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115208147762458350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}