United fell to a 3-0 defeat against local rivals Manchester City in Sunday's (14.09.25) Premier League clash but the coach is determined to persist with his 3-4-3 formation even though he has only won eight league games out of 31 since taking charge at Old Trafford last November.

Amorim said: "I won't change my philosophy. If they [United hierarchy] want it changed, you change the man.

"I am not going to change my philosophy. I will play my way until I want to change. Guys, I understand [the questions] and I accept it is not a record you should have at Man United. But there are a lot of things that you have no idea about what happen in the last months.

"I understand everything. It is normal [if fans are losing faith], but I don't accept that we are not doing better. We are doing better and the results don't show that, the record says everything, I understand.

"My message is I will do everything. I will give everything. It is not my decision, the rest. I will do my best. I am suffering more than [the fans]."

Pressure is starting to build on Amorim after a mediocre start to the season but the manager insists that he is happy with the attitude and application of his squad.

The Portuguese boss said: "We play against a coach that won six Premier League titles (Pep Guardiola) and we are building things, trying to fight against these teams.

"But I am not going to defend myself, it's always the same question, trying to protect myself. We need to do better.

"If I look to the game, last year we drew and won against City and today we were a little bit better, but in the small details it was clearly not good enough.

"We are building things, but of course we need to win.

"I didn't see one player in my team not giving the maximum. The rest is with me. The disappointment sometimes I feel we could run more, but I didn't have that feeling today. It's my fault, not their fault and I am fine with that."