Bruno Fernandes insists what Ruben Amorim is trying to implement at Man Utd is “not working” despite their 3-2 win over Ipswich Town on Wednesday night.

The Red Devils put in another underwhelming performance to defeat the Tractor Boys at Old Trafford with Patrick Dorgu’s first-half sending off making things even tougher for Man Utd.

An own-goal from Sam Morsy, a close-range finish from Matthijs de Ligt and a header from Harry Maguire was enough to secure three points for the Red Devils as they cancelled out a Jaden Philogene brace.

Man Utd are now up to 14th in the Premier League table and 16 points away from the relegation zone, while Amorim has now won just five of his 16 league matches since joining the club in November.

Amorim has attempted to bring the high-intensity football that worked so well for him at Sporting CP to Old Trafford but his players have struggled to adapt to his playing style, philosophy and formation.

And Fernandes admitted that it’s feels like Amorim’s philosophy “is not working” at times but urged his Man Utd team-mates to trust in the process that his compatriot is trying to implement.

Fernandes told TNT Sports: “Me and H (Harry Maguire) have been here for a while already, so we know that we have to stick to what we’ve been trying to do in training [and] what we’re supposed to do.

“It could be that you could feel in moments that it’s not working, but for some reason, the manager wants us to do that – and if he wants us to do that… they (the coaches) watch so many games, they prepare themselves (for our matches).

“We have so many staff – not only the ones who came with him but the ones who were already here. We have great people behind the team to work on that, so if they do that in the right way, we just have to come on the pitch and show it. As I said, we need to have more confidence [and] be more brave to show our character and our qualities.”

Results and performances have been worse under Amorim than Erik ten Hag and Paul Merson thinks the Man Utd boss is now “the problem” at Old Trafford.

Merson told Sky Sports: “Ruben Amorim is the problem at Manchester United. The three at the back isn’t working the way he’d planned. So, change it.

“He’s not helping the players, he’s helping himself by just keeping it the way he’s been used to playing all his managerial career or most of it.

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“Top managers are flexible. They go, you know what, I don’t really want to play this way, but I’ve got to play to the players’ strengths, and then when I can get my players in at the end of the season, I’ll go back to playing the way I want to play. But, at the moment, they need to start playing a different way because they won’t beat Real Sociedad [their next Europa League match], playing like this.

“I don’t think they will move Amorim on either. They don’t have the money to start all over again. They’ll have to go with this man. But my worry is, we all know that they can’t play three at the back, we know they’re all over the place.

“They haven’t got the feet and the legs in midfield. So change it. He [Amorim] keeps on sending these players out to fail and, at the moment, that’s what’s happening every other week.”

Merson added: “This Man United team won’t win the Premier League. They need five or six players, so why not just play to their strengths, get through this season, and then go and get the players you need?”

Man Utd legend Rio Ferdinand has hit out at two players after their narrow win over Ipswich, while giving a “brutally honest” assessment of Ruben Amorim.

The Red Devils moved up to 14th in the Premier League by beating the Tractor Boys on Wednesday evening but they didn’t make it easy for themselves.

A mix-up between Andre Onana and Patrick Dorgu allowed Jaden Philogene to walk the ball into an empty net just four minutes into the game at Old Trafford.

Man Utd then struck back through a Sam Morsy own-goal and a Matthijs de Ligt strike, as they approached half-time in the lead – but Patrick Dorgu’s sending off on 43 minutes gave the visitors a man advantage.

Amorim’s side threw away the lead just before the interval when a ball into the box from Philogene went all the way into the net.

And it came to former captain Harry Maguire to save the day once again with a thumping header just after half-time, which eventually proved enough for Man Utd to seal all three points in a 3-2 win.

Offering his assessment of the Amorim era so far, Ferdinand told TNT Sports: “I think if we’re being brutally honest, there hasn’t been the progress that we all anticipated.

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“Where he came from, how successful he had been and the silverware he brought to Sporting, the anticipation of him coming was like, “Wow! What an opportunity we’ve got now with this young manager”, and it hasn’t transferred here.”

The Man Utd legend added: “I think he needs to just get to the end of the season, really regroup and then start building again, building the team and coaching the team because right now they’ve been stuttering along and that’s probably being polite.”

Amorim has attempted to bring his playing style, formation and philosophy from Sporting CP to this Man Utd team and it hasn’t worked so far.

Ferdinand continued: “I watched Sporting a few times, in Europe especially. They were an athletic, dynamic team. That was one of the staples of that team, the hallmarks of that good team that was winning things,’ he explained.

“This team aren’t a mobile, dynamic team.

“If you look through the heartbeat of this team they have other qualities but being physical, having the ability to overrun teams physically – they don’t have that capacity.”

Ferdinand criticised the early mix-up between Onana and Dorgu, he said: “A terrible start. I don’t think Dorgu, at any moment, looks up to sees where Onana is.

“Onana doesn’t need to come in. The full-back is in complete control and he can just hold his ground and let him play it back to him.

“But Dorgu doesn’t look, the awareness isn’t there and it’s pounced on. Ipswich took a deserved lead for pouncing on that lack of communication.”

Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim has “made some ridiculous statements” that are “destroying the morale in the dressing room”, according to one insider.

The Red Devils narrowly beat relegation-threatened Ipswich Town 3-2 on Wednesday night as Ruben Amorim’s side came from behind to win.

An own-goal from Sam Morsy and a close-range Matthijs de Ligt finish cancelled out Jaden Philogene’s early opener after a mix-up between Andre Onana and Patrick Dorgu.

Dorgu, who was a January signing from Lecce, was then sent off late on in the second half for Man Utd before Philogene equalised for Ipswich with his second goal of the evening in first-half injury time.

Harry Maguire’s thumping header shortly after half-time put Man Utd back in front and Amorim’s men hung on for three points in another underwhelming performance.

Amorim has now won five of his first 16 Premier League matches in charge of Man Utd with the Red Devils moving up to 14th in the table after beating the Tractor Boys.

The Portuguese head coach told the media last month that Man Utd are “maybe the worst” side in their 147-year history and admitted after their recent 2-2 draw against Everton that “if I knew what to change, I would change it”.

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And now former Man Utd chief scout Mick Brown – who is still well-connected at Old Trafford and in the Premier League – claims that some of his public statements are “destroying the morale in the dressing room”.

Brown told Football Insider: “He comes out with some statements that would be better left unsaid. It’s his way of going about things, but I think it shows his lack of experience in England and in the Premier League.

“Making those types of statements usually comes back to bite you. He might think it’s ‘the worst team in Man United history’ but he can’t say that. It’s destroying the morale in the dressing room.

“For the players to hear that – it’s not going to do them any good. He’s made some ridiculous statements, in my judgement, which really don’t do him any favours.

“Now, he comes out saying if he knew what the problems were, he’d fix them. It’s his job to know what the problems are.

“He’s managed about 20 games since he came in – that should be more than enough time to establish what issues you’ve got.

“There are serious questions being asked which, as of yet, he’s failed to answer. I’ve got nothing against Amorim, I’m sure he’s a good person and a good coach, but he’s now learning a lot about Manchester United.”