Ruben Amorim, the Manchester United manager, has taken responsibility for his team's poor performance in set-pieces during their 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest. United conceded a goal from a corner within the first two minutes of the match, marking the third time this week they've been caught out in such a manner.
Despite Rasmus Hojlund equalising later in the first half, United found themselves two goals down within the first ten minutes of the second half. Bruno Fernandes managed to pull one back in the 61st minute, but Forest held on to secure their first victory at Old Trafford in 29 years.
"When this happens it's more my fault, because I'm responsible," admitted Amorim when questioned about the recurring set-piece issue. "We try to do it the best way, we did a lot of work in this area because we saw it in Arsenal and it was really hard in this context."
He added: "The beginning of the game, you suffer in the first play, it's really hard then to put energy in the team but we managed to do it. We draw the game then the second half the same thing and you feel it in everybody, the fans, the players, it's really hard to transmit something to continue to do your job."
Despite scoring once more, Amorim felt that the team lacked quality in their play, reports [the Manchester Evening News](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/its-fault-ruben-amorim-accepts-30538018).
United suffered another setback this season, falling to their sixth [Premier League](https://www.nottinghampost.com/all-about/barclays-premier-league) defeat, leaving them stranded at 13th in the standings. The regrettable moment came when Andre Onana failed to stop a strike from Morgan Gibbs-White in the 47th minute, leading to speculation over his performance for Chris Wood's winning goal.
However, manager Amorim stood firmly by Onana, telling reporters: "We lost the ball in one transition and then a lot of open space and in the end they score so all the team suffered that goal."
He further showed support for his goalkeeper, saying, "Onana already saved us a lot of times so we have to find a way when this happens to Onana or to Ty (Malacia). We have to turn around and to score goals to help our goalkeeper the same way that he saved us in Ipswich."
Amorim concluded with a collective call to perseverance, emphasising, "We have to continue, we lose as a team, we have to improve in all aspects."