When you look at the stats, Ruben Amorim was slightly exaggerating when he called his team "maybe the worst" in the club's history. But not by a lot. At this stage of the season, only 13 Manchester United teams have had a lower points tally in the history of the club - the last time being in 1986-87.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim labelled his side possibly the worst in the club's history after a 10th Premier League defeat of the season at home by Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday. United's 3-1 defeat leaves them in 13th place in the standings and on course for their lowest finish in the Premier League.

Ruben Amorim has admitted that his team could be “the worst in the history of Manchester United” following their 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday afternoon. Goals from Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter condemned the Red Devils to their sixth defeat in 11 Premier League matches since Amorim’s arrival in November,