Amorim says Cunha, Maguire and Sesko all still absent for trip to Crystal Palace

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has been speaking to the media ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace. The first question was from BBC’s Simon Stone: “Ruben, on Monday, you spoke about your team being… You felt your team is still quite a long way from where you wanted to be. Last year and during the summer, we took you at face value when you were saying the things about your team. But this week, you’ve had a whole week off, and you’re playing opponents who were away from home in Europe on Thursday night. Isn’t this exactly the game that Manchester United should be able to step into?” “In our club, it’s the same thing because last year, we had to win every game all the time, and we took a lot of things, a lot of criticism because we were not winning,” Amorim replied. “So in our club, there is no excuses. About Europe, I already talk about Europe. And I said the same thing last year when we were in Europe, and I said the same thing this year, the advantage and the disadvantage of not being in Europe. So there is no excuses. Last year or this year, we have always to win games.” The next question was whether he is disappointed with where his team is now. “I think if I look at the games, we should have more points,” he answered. “And because we had control of some games, we had the advantage in some games, and we lost that control. So if I look at our games, we should have more points, and that is really disappointed. And it was really frustrating, especially the last game.” How will Amorim stop his players becoming demotivated and “going into a tailspin”? “To start again, but it was really tough this week as it should be. It was hard to get this result, this defeat. But the process needs to continue, and we need to go for the next game, and we need to understand that, especially in our league this year, everything can change really fast. So let’s go again and focus on the next one.” Amorim was then asked about the fitness of Harry Maguire, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko. “No [Sesko will not be ready next week]. Sesko is going to take a little bit more time. Harry, the same. I expect to have Mateus in the next one, not this one. The press conference details are being released and will be shown in full here, refresh the page for the latest updates. More to follow … Featured image Patrick McDermott via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Red Billy Red Billy is the managing editor of The Peoples Person, author of three books and two magazines and totally obsessed with football’s transfer market. Billy first saw United live in 1971, watching George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law, before becoming a League Match ticket book holder from 1975/76 and a writer since 1995. Billy still insists Matteo Darmian and Alex Telles could have made it at United given half a chance.