'Every goalscorer under Amorim has been dropped for the next game'

RUBEN Amorim had predicted on Monday that 'a storm is coming' United's way, and when the gale blew through the Emirates in the second half on Wednesday, his team looked unable to cope.

- TYRONE MARSHALL

Since his appointment, 39-year-old has overseen a period of positivity at Old Trafford, but this was always going to be their biggest test yet, and by the end of it, Amorim the had a better idea of just how much work there is to do.

The 2-0 defeat to Arsenal exposed a couple of key issues. His side lacked quality in the final third, and when Arsenal turned up the intensity after the break, United wilted in the face of the physical battle - that will be particularly concerning to Amorim.

That physical shortfall is why he is continuing to tinker with his team. Predicting an Amorim XI is rapidly becoming impossible. In four games, he has handed starts to 21 players, and the past three matches have seen six changes in every one of them.

He is showing players that they will all be involved under his stewardship, making it clear that this is a meritocracy and nobody is far away from the starting XI.