The Portuguese manager has consistently deployed a 3-4-3 system since arriving at Old Trafford in November last year, and it is now starting to show results, with United winning three Premier League games in a row, including a 2-1 victory over their arch-rivals at Anfield last month.

Ruben Amorim has claimed that Manchester United ’s performance in the defeat to Arsenal was better than when they beat Liverpool and Brighton. The Red Devils suffered a 1-0 home loss to Arsenal in their first match of the 2025-26 campaign but have turned their form around in recent weeks.

Manchester United have won five of their last seven Premier League games and sit sixth; Ruben Amorim is enjoying his best spell at United after finishing 15th last season and losing in the Europa League final;

Manchester United’s Ruben Amorim and Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta are heavy favourites for the Premier League Manager of the Month award in the eyes of fans. Arsenal have dominated the Premier League this month, sitting top of the table ahead of their meeting with Burnley.

Ruben Amorim has hailed Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson ahead of Manchester United ’s trip to the City Ground – with the England international emerging as a top transfer target at Old Trafford.

United have embraced a more industrial form of control. It is not the possession-dominated orchestration of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City or even the transition-heavy chaos of Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, but something more grounded, a middle path between order and chaos.