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Manchester United continued to sink to new depths in a 0-3 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on derby day.
Poor outcome
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 had been really under the Pink Devils within the desk on the morning of the match.
Ruben Amorim’s aspect really had extra possession within the match and finally had the same quantity of probabilities however had been ruthlessly picked off by a Metropolis aspect that basically may have scored 4 or 5.
Sadly for United, scuffling with defensive errors and poor ending is nothing new for supporters to course of and each traits had been very a lot on present yesterday afternoon.
Relegation extra doubtless than Champions League
The outcome 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 response to Opta Analyst, “Manchester United now have a better probability of being relegated from the Premier League this season (11.0%) than they do of ending inside the highest 5 (7.3%) in response to 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 Pink Devils this season.
Manchester United now have a better probability of being relegated from the Premier League this season (11.0%) than they do of ending inside the highest 5 (7.3%) in response to the Opta supercompter’s projections following their 3-0 loss to Man Metropolis immediately.
— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) September 14, 2025
Fixed poor run of kind
Worryingly, it’s not only a sticky second or a tricky run of fixtures, a lot of these outcomes have grow to be regular since final season.
The Pink Devils did not win consecutive Premier League video games all season final 12 months and have to this point but to indicate they will this 12 months.
Amorim has now seen his aspect win just eight of his 31 league matches in cost, relegation kind in a nutshell.
Their 4 factors from 4 matches can also be the crew’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 Outdated Trafford.
In any other case, the strain 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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