What is your message to Ruben Amorim ahead of Man Utd\u2019s visit to Leeds? <\/p>\n
What does he need to change after the Wolves draw?<\/p>\n
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However, Ruben Amorim<\/a> watched the Premier League club end 2025 on a sour note after United\u2019s poor result against Wolves at Old Trafford<\/a> on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n The Red Devils were tipped as the favourites against Premier League strugglers Wolves, with Rob Edwards\u2019 men not winning a league match so far this season.<\/p>\n However, Wolves stunned United by snatching<\/a> a first-half equaliser at Old Trafford<\/a> and Rob Edwards\u2019 side walked away with a Premier League point earlier this week.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Wayne Rooney says son Kai Rooney must do something \u2018all\u2019 players at academy level must follow, \u2018I really like\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Joshua Zirkzee<\/a> had fired the Red Devils into the lead over Wolves in their final Premier League match of 2025, but the club were unable to hold on to their lead.<\/p>\n Ladislav Krejci rose at the back post on the cusp of half-time and the 26-year-old Wolves defender headed home the equaliser to cancel out Joshua Zirkzee\u2019s effort.<\/p>\n Ruben Amorim\u2019s huge injury update news for Leeds United vs Man Utd at Elland Road \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <\/p>\n Which Man Utd player will be missed the MOST for the Premier League match against Leeds? \ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n Speaking on The Rest Is Football<\/a> podcast, Gary Lineker<\/a> suggested the 1-1 scoreline at Old Trafford was the sign of a \u201cbackward step\u201d for United under Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n \u201cI think for United, that\u2019s a really poor result, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Lineker asked.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI mean, with all due respect to me, a team that\u2019s only got two points all season comes to your own place. They want to finish the year really well.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving had a victory, it was probably a really, you know, a backward step.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Peter Schmeichel is putting his full faith in two Man Utd aces in major prediction, Ruben Amorim\u2019s weakness is clear<\/a><\/p>\n Alan Shearer echoes one key sentiment that Gary Lineker shared about Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim after the Wolves match<\/p>\n Alan Shearer<\/a> was deeply critical about the Red Devils\u2019 performance against Wolves and played down United\u2019s 1-0 win over Newcastle<\/a> in the Premier League last month.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I think so,\u201d he said in response to Lineker.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I\u2019ve never got carried away with Man United. You know, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re a good team anyway.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they\u2019ve got a long way to go. I mean, they beat Newcastle. It was back to the wall, wasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n \u201cNewcastle, they just couldn\u2019t score. It was viewed as a big performance in terms of sticking together. They changed the system.\u201d<\/p>\n The flag displays in the Stretford End are one of the biggest positives about Old Trafford right now. Do you agree? <\/p>\n How do you think the displays can be improved?<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n Shearer shared the same sentiments as Lineker over United\u2019s result against Wolves, with the Premier League legend also agreeing that it was a key setback for Amorim.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then for him to sort of go back to it against Wolves, who were bottom of the table, have got a dreadful, embarrassing record this season,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then to draw the game, yeah, it\u2019s a setback. There\u2019s no doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n United are sixth in the Premier League table and the Red Devils will travel to Elland Road to face Leeds United on Sunday afternoon for their first match of 2026.<\/p>\n Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer were in full agreement about one major detail from Manchester United\u2019s last Premier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[32030,218,2855,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-349280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-alan-shearer","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-gary-lineker","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Manchester](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252382980-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesGary Lineker tells Alan Shearer his reaction to Man Utd\u2019s Premier League performance against Wolves<\/p>\n![\"Manchester](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ruben-amorim-man-utd-819x1024.png\")
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