The photo that sums up Amorim’s latest Man Utd humiliation

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Maybe it was an attempt to block out the haters, who will once again be damning in their assessment. There is no iron law against Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 working but Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt are not the defenders for it. However brilliant Igor Thiago’s volley for the opener, it was the laughable sight of Maguire as the last man on the halfway line that summed it up. Igor Thiago gives Brentford the lead against Man United within 8 minutes! It is not as simple as just throwing Mainoo in as a No 6 – he needs a warmonger alongside him, a combative ball-winner like Carlos Baleba would have been.