Man Utd suffered a shock defeat to Grimsby in the Carabao Cup and Ruben Amorim began work early Thursday morning.
Bruno Fernandes pictured arriving at Carrington.(Image: Eamonn & James Clarke)
Ruben Amorim had just a few hours' sleep after Manchester United's shock defeat to Grimsby.
United crashed out of the Carabao Cup on penalties against Grimsby at Blundell Park on Wednesday night.
The team arrived back at Carrington just after 1am, but Amorim was back to work just hours later.
Amorim arrived at the training complex shortly after 7am on Thursday morning. The full squad reported for training for 11am and will now have two days to prepare to face Burnley in the Premier League.
United's players were pictured with glum faces as they drove into Carrington this morning.
The players who started against Grimsby will do recovery work today to prepare for Burnley, while those who started on the bench or were not included in the squad complete a training session.
Luke Shaw and Leny Yoro were rested for the trip to Grimsby and are set to return on Saturday.
When asked what went wrong after Grimsby, Amorim said: "Everything. The way we started the game, we were not even here. When everything is so important in our club, everything that happened, it's a problem in our club, we should do so much better. I just have to say sorry to our fans.
"I felt my players spoke really loud today what they want. I think it's easy for you [how to interpret it]. Let's focus on the next game and then we have the stop for the international games. We will think things through.
"Doesn't matter [that we lost on penalties]. In the penalties, the feeling is the same. I think football was really fair today. The best team won.
"I'm the manager. It should be my job to understand what happened. Again, I'm really sorry for our fans. Let's focus on the next game. That is more than a result. That is the biggest problem in the team. I think it was really clear today.
"I would like to say very smart things and very important things. I have nothing to say. Nothing to say. That is the biggest problem also. To see the same mistakes and nothing to say in this moment. I'm really sorry for our fans. It's too much sometimes.
"You cannot change so much. You cannot change everything in one summer. You need to win games. You need to not show this kind of performance. I think this is a little bit the limit.
"I think something has to change. In this moment, we need to focus on the weekend and then we have time to think."
The international break will begin following United's game against Burnley at Old Trafford.
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