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In the day’s other Premier League game, Mohamed Salah scored a stoppage-time penalty as Liverpool beat Burnley 1-0 to move back to the top of the standings.
Problems mount for Amorim
United’s latest setback came in front of glum-looking co-owner Jim Ratcliffe, who hired Amorim last year to return the 20-time English champion to the summit of European football and backed him heavily in the transfer market in the summer.
Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim has overseen the club’s worst start to a Premier League season since 1992.Credit: AP
Any form of comeback feels a long way off right now.
United have won just once in five games in all competitions this season - a 3-2 victory against Burnley, which required a stoppage-time penalty from Bruno Fernandes.
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Amorim has only won eight of 31 Premier League games since he was hired last November and under his watch United endured their lowest finish in the modern era when placing 15th last season.
“It’s not a record that you should have at Manchester United,” he admitted, but Amorim remains adamant his approach is right. “When I want to change my philosophy, I will change. If not, you have to change the man,” he said.
“I believe my way and I’m going to play my way until I want to change.”
The coach added: “I see that we are doing better, but then the results doesn’t show that.”
Despite Amorim’s comments, four points from four games is United’s worst start to a season since 1992.
Deadly Haaland
Haaland has been in lethal form for club and country this season.
In six games for City and Norway combined, he has scored 11 goals, only failing to find the back of the net in the 2-0 loss to Tottenham last month.
He produced clinical finishes in the 53rd and 68th minutes when running beyond United’s defence. He could have had a hat-trick, but slid another effort across goal and against the post.
Haaland celebrates after scoring his eleventh goal of the season for club and country.Credit: AP
Teammate Phil Foden described it as a “complete performance” and Guardiola called the Norwegian a “special player.”
Late drama for Liverpool
Liverpool left it late again and moved back to the top of the Premier League.
The defending champions preserved their 100% start to the season thanks to Salah’s penalty.
“We don’t give up. We just try to push ourselves and our team to the limit,” Salah told Sky Sports.
After late winners against Bournemouth and Newcastle already this term, Liverpool staged another dramatic finale at Turf Moor.
Mohamed Salah scores from the penalty spot to preserve Liverpool’s perfect start to the season.Credit: Getty Images
Arne Slot’s team looked set to drop points for the first time this season, but were gifted a lifeline when Hannibal Mejbri handled the ball in the box and referee Michael Oliver pointed to the spot.
Salah did the rest by blasting a powerful shot past Burnley goalkeeper Martin Dubravka before running away in celebration.
Salah’s goal came in the fifth minute of stoppage time and he took sole possession of fourth place in the list of all-time Premier League scorers. The Egyptian is now on 188 goals — only behind Alan Shearer (260), Harry Kane (213) and Wayne Rooney (208).
Late joy for Liverpool was yet more late pain for Burnley after the newly promoted side lost 3-2 against Manchester United in its last game.
Relief for Slot
According to Premier League statistician Opta, Liverpool are the first team in the division to score winning goals in the final 10 minutes or later in four successive games.
Time will tell if so many late victories point to a winning mentality or deeper-rooted problems for a team that often needs to get itself out of jail.
Against a Burnley team down to 10 men after Lesley Ugochukwu was sent off in the 84th minute, Liverpool needed the error from Mejbri to rescue the points.
“We needed a moment of luck, or a moment of magic. We didn’t have the magic, but we had the luck,” Slot told the BBC. “You are hoping and trying to make it more difficult, but they were strong.”
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