Ruben Amorim looked like he hadn’t slept or had been crying. This is what managing Manchester United does even to the best of them. His media conference was in keeping with his team’s performance against Brighton: erratic,

Ruben Amorim bemoaned “the worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United” after Sunday’s loss to Brighton. Here, the PA news agency examines whether the statistics bear out the United manager’s case.

When you look at the stats, Ruben Amorim was slightly exaggerating when he called his team "maybe the worst" in the club's history. But not by a lot. At this stage of the season, only 13 Manchester United teams have had a lower points tally in the history of the club - the last time being in 1986-87.