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Manchester United continued to sink to new depths in a 0-3 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on derby day.
Poor consequence
United entered the sport in no nice shakes, with solely 4 factors from their opening three video games.
Nonetheless, Metropolis had misplaced two matches on the bounce and have been really under the Purple Devils within the desk on the morning of the match.
Ruben Amorim’s aspect really had extra possession within the match and ultimately had the same quantity of possibilities however have been ruthlessly picked off by a Metropolis aspect that basically may have scored 4 or 5.
Sadly for United, battling defensive errors and poor ending is nothing new for supporters to course of and each traits have been very a lot on present yesterday afternoon.
Relegation extra doubtless than Champions League
The consequence signifies that United have fallen again into the underside half of the desk and are presently 14th within the desk.
Issues may worsen as they face Chelsea subsequent and Liverpool at Anfield in simply over a month.
In line with Opta Analyst, “Manchester United now have the next probability of being relegated from the Premier League this season (11.0%) than they do of ending inside the highest 5 (7.3%) in keeping with the Opta supercompter’s projections following their 3-0 loss to Man Metropolis.”
As issues stand, solely six groups are seen as having a greater probability of being relegated than the Purple Devils this season.
Manchester United now have the next probability of being relegated from the Premier League this season (11.0%) than they do of ending inside the highest 5 (7.3%) in keeping with the Opta supercompter’s projections following their 3-0 loss to Man Metropolis in the present day.
— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) September 14, 2025
Fixed poor run of kind
Worryingly, it’s not only a sticky second or a troublesome run of fixtures, these kinds of outcomes have change into regular since final season.
The Purple Devils did not win consecutive Premier League video games all season final yr and have to date but to point out they’ll this yr.
Amorim has now seen his aspect win simply eight of his 31 league matches in cost, relegation kind in a nutshell.
Their 4 factors from 4 matches can also be the group’s worst begin ever to a Premier League season in additional uncomfortable viewing for anybody with sympathies to the membership.
United and Amorim will want an enormous response subsequent Saturday night when Chelsea and Alejandro Garnacho return to Previous Trafford.
In any other case, the stress will proceed to crank as much as ranges that even essentially the most loyal Amorim fan could not have the ability to deal with.
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