Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim has urged the team to move on, and switch their focus to their Europa League clash against Lyon on Thursday after another disappointing defeat to Newcastle United.
The Red Devils suffered a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Sunday to continue their dismal run under Ruben Amorim ahead of the last six games of the season.
The Portuguese manager made a big call by dropping the ineffective Andre Onana after he made two mistakes against Lyon on Thursday, but his replacement – Bayindir didn’t fare any better.
Harvey Barnes scored a brace, while Sandro Tonali, and Bruno Guimarães added the other goals to lead the Magpies to a thoroughly deserved victory.
Amorim admitted his team made a lot of mistakes, while urging them to leave the result behind them to focus on Lyon.
He said: “We made too many mistakes. Newcastle were stronger in second balls. We did a lot of mistakes that made it harder to win a game. That’s all.
“It’s a little bit of everything. it’s hard to point to one thing. It’s really hard to win against these top teams like Newcastle. When we make mistakes to help the opponent it’s even harder. Let’s focus on Thursday.
“We are already a really, really good team, but then we’ve made all the mistakes that we’ve made in the game and helped the opponent to win confidence and to win games.”
Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes was also disappointed with the defeat, calling on the players to bounce back against Lyon.
He said: “My team-mates – I only get frustrated with them because I know how good they can be. I know how tough it is to represent this club. They want so much to give to the club, to win because they know how much they will be remembered if they win something with this club.
“On Thursday [against Lyon in Europa League quarter-final] we go forward, we create a big atmosphere in our stadium, we need to be on the front foot and give everything we have because we want to get to the semi-final.”
The victory moved Newcastle United up to the fourth position on the Premier League table with 56 points from 31 matches, while Manchester United slipped further to 14th.
The Magpies defeated Manchester United home and away for the first time in the Premier League.
