Ruben Amorim feels Manchester United will face a long journey back to top after loss against Nottm Forest

Manchester United’s manager Ruben Amorim has said that the club will have to face a long journey to get back at the top after a 3-2 loss against Nottm Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The home team was put under the pump from the get-go as Nikola Milenkovic scored in the second minute of the game. Rasmus Højlund scored the equalizer for the Red Devils but Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood gave a 3-1 lead to the visitors.

Bruno Fernandes scored in the 61st minute but it was not enough for the home team.

“We already knew [it would be tough],” Amorim said.

“It will be a long journey but we want to win because this is a massive club. You feel it, when you lose one game it’s really hard for everybody.

“I can understand that. I can feel it in the stadium after the first goal. We understand the context but we have to keep going in the same way, doing the same things. The same words I have here with [the 4-0 win over] Everton, I have today. Focus on the performance. We need to improve in a lot of aspects of the game and continue to do the same things tomorrow in training.”

Manchester United is currently in 13th place in the Premier League standings with 19 points after five wins, four draws, and six losses in 15 games.

Amorim recalled that he had already suffered this feeling when he was leading his former club Sporting CP in Portugal.

“I had this and worse in Sporting in the beginning,” Amorim said.

“The feeling for me is the same but for the world it’s completely different. You know Sporting in Portugal but Manchester [United] has a lot of attention but for me it’s the same feeling.

“I had this period at Sporting and if you are a little experienced in football this happens with a lot of clubs and we have to manage to continue to do the same things and improve the team because this will turn around. We need time and to continue to work in the same way every day.”

Manchester United will next take on FC Viktoria Plzeň in the Europa League on Thursday.