If the theory has been that Ange Postecoglou, whose Tottenham team are the only side below United in the table who are staying up, could win the Europa League and be sacked, Amorim seemed to suggest he might suffer the same fate.

We cannot, almost in the same breath, criticise Mikel Arteta for his deluded claim Arsenal were the best team in the Champions League and castigate Ruben Amorim for the more accurate assessment this Manchester United side are the club’s worst in Premier League history.

MANCHESTER, England — Ruben Amorim said he was “embarrassed” after Manchester United lost yet again in the Premier League on Sunday. United fell to a club record-extending 17th loss in the modern era after a 2-0 home defeat to West Ham and is languishing at 16th in the 20-team division.