Manchester United 3-2 Burnley: Vital win can’t mask urgent goalkeeping issues for Ruben Amorim

Amorim gave the game away as he explained the difficulties his side were having in the opening weeks of the new campaign.

“We are in a moment where, with every possession near our box, they can score,” he reflected.

This is clearly not a great situation to be in, but one of the reasons for it is his goalkeepers keep making big mistakes.

On the opening weekend, it was Altay Bayindir’s failure to get clean contact on his attempt to punch Declan Rice’s corner away from danger that led to United losing against Arsenal.

In midweek, United were already behind when Andre Onana failed to get a Grimsby corner away from his six-yard box, which led to a second goal for the hosts as the Old Trafford outfit slithered to their first defeat by a fourth-tier team.

Bayindir returned against Burnley, and duly failed to gather Loum Tchaouna’s second-half shot, allowing the ball to roll to Jaidon Anthony, who, thanks to two deflections, made the score 2-2.

“I think it is hard to be a Manchester United goalkeeper in this moment,” said Amorim.

“They are humans. At Manchester United, everything is in the news.

“Everybody talks about the goalkeeper. I can change the goalkeeper and situations happen. We are in that moment.

“The players are struggling a little bit with all the things around the club. That is normal. It’s not just the goalkeepers. I think everybody has to improve.”