United’s 2-0 home defeat saw them suffer five league losses in the same calendar month for the first time since September 1962.

Ruben Amorim says he feels 'embarrassed' to be Manchester United head coach and admitted that a relegation battle "is a possibility".

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has confessed he is "embarrassed" to be in charge of the team in its current state, conceding the Red Devils have fallen into a relegation battle. Monday's 2-0 defeat at home to Newcastle United left Amorim's side down in 14th in the Premier League table,

The spectre of a repeat is raised not by inflammatory reports in the media but by the man brought into to save them, the bright young thing of Portuguese football, Ruben Amorim. W

Ruben Amorim is already looking nervously over his shoulder at the drop zone and has admitted that a relegation battle is a possibility for fallen giants Manchester United

Newcastle at Old Trafford, a result that means that Amorim has now lost five of his eight Premier League matches in charge at the club. READ MORE: Lat

Ruben Amorim knows he is struggling to sell his idea to Man Utd’s players - The Red Devils have lost six of their last eight games.

Ruben Amorim was crouching, shaking his head in disbelief. Even a brief time in charge of Manchester United has acquainted him with disappointment but nothing he had witnessed to date had seemed this disastrous.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted his team is in a relegation battle after their third consecutive defeat in the Premier League on Monday (Dec 31). United lost 0-2 to Newcastle, meaning the Red Devils will end the year in the bottom half of the table for the first time since the 1988-89 season.

Manchester United’s Ruben Amorim has not ruled out the possibility of facing the prospect of relegation to the Championship this season after losing 2-0 to Newcastle United, courtesy of goals from Alexander Isak and Joelinton.