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Noussair Mazraoui admitted he was “disappointed in myself, in the team, and disappointed for the fans” after Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.
United returned from the international break with a trip to the Etihad but were comfortably beaten. Phil Foden gave City the lead in the 18th minute before Erling Haaland scored twice in the second half to seal the points.
The result leaves United with four points from their opening four league matches – their worst start to a season since 1992/93, when Sir Alex Ferguson’s side also had four points after four games. It also means manager Ruben Amorim now has the lowest win percentage of any permanent United boss since the Second World War.
Speaking to MUTV, Mazraoui said: “I am feeling bad. Disappointed in myself, in the team, and disappointed for the fans that we couldn’t bring the performance we did lately today.
“That’s always hard to say because, of course, you are full of emotion straight after the game. I always try to calm down and analyse the game, and see what went wrong.
“Because otherwise, I will just point fingers and probably, eventually, it’s not even the guys or something that I point at now. I will analyse that for myself. We will analyse that as a team and try to improve.”
He added: “We are in an important season. The start of the season still, we try to improve as a team, especially after everything that happened. But yeah, the derby makes it more special, more emotional.
“If you lose and you play good and you have the chances we created in previous games, you can take some positives. But today was just not good enough.”
Amorim, who has won only eight of his 31 Premier League matches since taking charge in November, is facing mounting scrutiny. His side are bottom of a table ranking the 17 ever-present Premier League clubs since his arrival, with 16 defeats in that time.
Despite a £225m summer outlay on four new signings, United have managed just one win in the league and one goal from open play in their last six hours of football. Their Carabao Cup campaign ended in humiliation with a defeat to fourth-tier Grimsby Town, leaving the FA Cup as their only chance of silverware.
Amorim has remained defiant, insisting he will not abandon his 3-4-2-1 system. “Guys, I understand that and I accept,” he said. “It is not a record you should have in Manchester United. There are a lot of things – you have no idea what happened during these months – but I accept that. I am not going to change.
“When I want to change my philosophy, I will change. If not, you have to change the man. We will talk about that every game that we lose. I don’t believe in that, in the system, or whatever. I believe in my way and I am going to play my way until I want to change.
“My message is that I am going to give everything. I will do everything, always thinking about what is best for the club. That was always the same message.
“It is not my decision, the rest (on whether United change manager). Until I am here, I will do my best. I really want to win games. I am suffering more than them.”
United face Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday before matches against Brentford and Sunderland ahead of the October international break.
