Ruben Amorim's blunt sack admission ahead of make-or-break Man United match

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Ruben Amorim has confessed he faces the axe at Manchester United if he fails to turn around the club's dismal form. The Portuguese boss is staring down a crucial clash against Sunderland at Old Trafford today, following United's catastrophic Premier League campaign that has yielded a measly seven points from six matches.

The embattled coach acknowledged he must start delivering victories, or else the Red Devils will have little choice but to dismiss him and his backroom team after less than 12 months at the helm.

"Nobody here is naïve," declared Amorim. "We understand that we need results to continue the project.

"We will reach a point that is impossible for everyone, because this is a very big club with a lot of sponsors, with two owners. It's normal. You can't run away from the results. Then you have the baggage from last season, but last season for me doesn't matter.

"We have had six games this season, and we lost three. So it's the results. But imagine if we won the first game against Arsenal and then you don't miss the penalty and you win against Fulham , even without playing really well.

"Imagine if this happened, then the trust in everything about our club, the system, the way we play, would be completely different.

"So if you win, everything is okay. If you lose, you're doubting everything about yourself, about your team-mates, about the coach - everything.

"What I want is to see my team - winning or losing - playing the same way and we're not doing that. I just need one more game, because football is like that. We need one more game, we win, we get some hope and then in the next game we will see.

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"That is always the same thing, so I don't need a lot of time. All that matters is the next game and the next game. We have to perform and we need to win."

United sit 14th in the Premier League ahead of this weekend's crucial clash against Sunderland at Old Trafford. Should they lose and results go against them over the next few days, the Red Devils could potentially find themselves marrooned in the relegation zone - something that will surely set alarm bells ringing at Old Trafford.

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