Ruben Amorim has claimed that Manchester United’s performance in the defeat to Arsenal was better than when they beat Liverpool and Brighton.

The Red Devils suffered a 1-0 home loss to Arsenal in their first match of the 2025-26 campaign but have turned their form around in recent weeks.

United have won their last three games in a row – beating Sunderland, Liverpool and Brighton to surge into the Premier League top four.

Speaking after Saturday’s 4-2 win over Brighton, Amorim said: ‘I think the best game we did this season was against Arsenal, the first one.’

The United boss added: ‘[But] it was a more complete performance [against Brighton than Liverpool].

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‘You can say whatever you want about Liverpool, but they didn’t deserve to lose. We deserved to win but they didn’t deserve to lose.

‘I think today [against Brighton], we did a little bit of everything. We had the ball.