Ruben Amorim makes thoughts on quitting Man Utd clear after Brentford defeat

Ruben Amorim remains confident he is still the right man to turn Manchester United's fortunes around despite a 3-1 defeat at Brentford. Amorim has only managed to secure 34 points from a possible 99 since his appointment as United manager nearly 12 months ago, winning just nine of his 33 Premier League matches in charge. None of those victories have been back-to-back after defeat to the Bees at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Coming into the match after beating Chelsea, United found themselves trailing 2-0 within the opening 20 minutes, as Brentford striker Igor Thiago netted a brace. Benjamin Sesko responded with his first United goal following his £74million summer transfer. Captain Bruno Fernandes saw a penalty saved that would have made it 2-2 before Brentford substitute Mathias Jensen killed the game during stoppage time to cap off United's wretched afternoon.

Despite this disappointment, Amorim made it clear he has no plans to quit as United boss and still believes in his own ability to transform their fortunes - despite his tenure so far suggesting otherwise.

"I'm always doing my job," said Amorim. "If I win, I'm in a different state of mind. That is normal, but I'm always confident, because I know what to do. It's my job and I'm not here just to protect the players.

"I'm trying to do what is best for the club and the team. But that is the pressure of the club. So I'm just thinking what is the best way to win the next game. I'm not trying to protect the players or myself. I'm just trying to win the next game, create momentum.

"I try to be really objective in my analysis of the game. Today we played Brentford's game, not our own game. And when you play the opponent's game, it's harder to win.

"When we win, it's not the system, when we lose it's the system. I understand that. I think it's more that we play this game like Brentford wanted to play this game.

"We never settled down to play our game. We never pushed the opponent. We knew that every time they recovered the ball, they would make a run and they would fight for the ball. We need to work on a lot of things.

"My biggest concern is that we didn't settle down in the game. In the final third we missed a lot of crosses. That's frustrating. We can do better with the ball. We can have more control. We can understand that sometimes when the decisions are not in your favour, the momentum is not in your favour, we can still control the ball.

"When everything, the moments, the penalty, the foul before the first goal, all these things are against us, we need to have more personality to control the game and calm down the game.

"When you win, you feel that everything, the momentum, is here. When you lose, you go back to the same place and you fight again for the one win that can help you to create the momentum."

United forward Matheus Cunha added: "Right now, to say something is really, really hard. We know how important it is to wear this shirt and win every game.

"It's very frustrating to come here and not win because we know every game in the Premier League is important for us this season. We need to do more."