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Manchester United secured a much-needed win at the weekend with a convincing 2-0 win over newly-promoted Sunderland.

The match was Ruben Amorim’s 50th in charge of the Red Devils, and by winning it he did what no other United manager since Sir Alex Ferguson has been able to do.

However, the Portuguese’s tenure at Old Trafford has been troubled, with serious questions being asked just six games into the season as to whether he is the right man for the job.

Amorim took over from Erik ten Hag in November last year and immediately set about trying to implement his much-maligned 3-4-2-1 system.

The squad struggled to adapt and he led United to a historically bad 15th-place Premier League finish.

Despite some gruesome results and poor performances, Amorim was afforded the benefit of the doubt under the assumption that the following season would be better.

With over £200m spent in the summer and some problem players shipped out there was a feelgood factor at Old Trafford going into this campaign, but it quickly evaporated after a sloppy start which included a humiliating Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town.

Job safe for now

Saturday’s clash with Sunderland felt...