Man United stopped prioritising on-field success once Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down as manager in 2013. Ruben Amorim is paying a heavy price for that now.

It's either part of some high-stakes 10-dimensional strategy we cannot fathom or signs of a man with a kamikaze pilot approach to emotional restraint.

Manchester United’s head coach Ruben Amorim follows the game during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Brighton and Hove Albion, at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester,

Ruben Amorim is right to highlight how bad his team are - but the history books show United have fielded inferior sides in the past

When you look at the stats, Ruben Amorim was slightly exaggerating when he called his team "maybe the worst" in the club's history. But not by a lot. At this stage of the season, only 13 Manchester United teams have had a lower points tally in the history of the club - the last time being in 1986-87.