Ruben Amorim admits responsibility for key Man Utd issue after Nottingham Forest defeat | OneFootball

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has taken the blame for his side's continued struggles defending set-pieces.

During this weekend's 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest, United conceded their seventh goal of the season from a set-piece, having shipped two from corners in the recent 2-0 defeat to Arsenal as well.

This time around, it was Lisandro Martinez who was woefully out-jumped by the towering Nikola Milenkovic, who headed Forest into the ascendancy after just two minutes.

"When this happens, it's more my fault because I'm responsible," Amorim told reporters after the game. "We try to do it in the best way.

"We did a lot of work in this area because we saw it against Arsenal. It was really hard in this context, suffering in the first play [of the game], to put energy into the team but we managed to do it. We were drawing the game, but then in the second half, the same thing.

"Then you feel it in everybody, the fans, the players...it's really hard to transmit something, like continue to your job. We managed to score one more but then it was more like we wanted [to score again], but there was not a lot of quality."

Amorim was indirectly at the centre of key issues between co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliife and former sporting director Dan Ashworth, whose surprise exit from United was confirmed on Sunday.

Ashworth is not believed to have been involved in the decision to hire Amorim, instead favouring a manager with Premier League experience. Former England boss and close contact Gareth Southgate was among his top targets for the role.