As Manchester United celebrated and commemorated their past, they made the wrong sort of history, the sort that led Ruben Amorim to wonder if this is their worst-ever team. The juxtaposition of glories in previous days and current struggles can be awkward, occasionally unfair. But after the tributes to Denis Law, came the troubles. United finished with a defeat to Brighton that drew comparisons to a time almost seven decades before Law became the king of the Stretford End. For the first time since 1893, United have lost six of their opening 12 home league games. Then they were called Newton Heath, had just moved to Bank Street, were in their second season in the Football League and earned just 14 points.
Now? “We are the worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United,” said Amorim, whose 11 games have yielded just 11 points. “We have to acknowledge that and change that. In [the last] nine games in the Premier League, we won two, I know that. It is unacceptable to lose so many games for any club in the Premier League, imagine Manchester United.”
