Ruben Amorim sends 'rollercoaster' warning over Man United's struggles as he names the 'most difficult' thing that players are trying to change after topsy-turvy win against Southampton

Ruben Amorim has warned that Manchester United’s ‘rollercoaster’ ride is going to continue for the rest of the season.

United fought back to avoid a fourth straight defeat at Old Trafford against bottom-of-the-table Southampton on Thursday night with a late Amad Diallo hat-trick.

The scare followed positive results at Arsenal and Liverpool, and Amorim admits that United’s up and down season is likely to carry on all the way until May.

‘I think it’s going to be hard until the end of the season. It’s going to be a little bit that rollercoaster,’ said United’s head coach.

‘It’s really hard, but we have to continue and try to win it. Sometimes playing good, sometimes playing bad. We will try to win games.

‘This season is going to be like that and we have to improve in all the areas of our game.’

United produced another uninspiring display on Thursday night despite coming from behind to beat Southampton

Amorim maintains that a lack of time on the training ground with his players is hindering the process of implementing his playing style

Amorim maintains that a lack of time on the training ground with his players is hindering the process of implementing his playing style.

United entertain Leicester City on Sunday three days after facing Southampton, and then take on Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday looking to avoid playing an extra two games in the play-off round next month.

‘It depends on the time you have to train,’ Amorim added. ‘We are still in the FA Cup and we have UEFA games for the Europa League.

‘Then it’s important also to focus on next Thursday to win and to try to be in that top eight.

‘In that way, you can take two games from the schedule and have a full week, so we are trying to do everything at the same time. We had seven trainings together in 14 or 15 games.’

Amorim also believes United are having problems switching from a team that attacks on the break to one that can dominate opponents

Amorim also believes United are having problems switching from a team that attacks on the break to one that can dominate opponents. They were able to catch Arsenal and Liverpool on the counter-attack but struggled to break down Southampton for more than 80 minutes.

‘This is something that you can see from the past,’ Amorim said. ‘We were in the past a team of transition and we still are. You can feel it. To create chances in the final third, we struggle a lot.

‘The most difficult moment to train is against low blocks, trying to create situations. So I think it’s a team that feels more joy waiting for the play and then in transition creating problems.

‘It’s something that we have to change. To change we need training. So to have time to change also we need to win games, and we try to do that.’