The Red Devils have been excellent in recent matches against rivals Liverpool and Arsenal but the coach is keen to say how his team gets on in a fixture they are expected to win against the league's bottom side on Thursday (16.01.25).

Amorim said: "This next game will teach me more from my players than the last two. I will learn more. Because there is no expectation on us in the last two games. No one is believing we can win. Now they expect we win and play well."

United have suffered three home defeats since Amorim took charge in November and the manager thinks his side has been too unpredictable this term.

He said: "I'm always concerned because we didn't have, during these games, the consistency in performances, in results, so I am always worried. It's my job to be worried but we have to face Southampton in the same way we faced Liverpool and Arsenal, so that is the goal. Not more, not less, face that game but understanding that they are different games. People expect us to win.

"When you have the pressure to win that is the pressure we want. Sometimes it's hard. Against Arsenal and Liverpool, nobody was expecting us to beat those teams but now it is different. We have to be prepared for that pressure. We need that pressure as a team and we need to face the game the right way."

Amorim warned his players that they must get accustomed to pressure if they are to compete for major honours on a regular basis.

He said: "Of course, feel the pressure of the club but in this moment I don't feel that pressure because in the last years we didn't win the league, if you follow this club in the past, if you don't win the league one year you must win it the next year.

"We have to bring that pressure to us. I don't feel that pressure to win and feel that pressure in the future, we need to win titles and we need to win games in this moment."