Mohamed Magdy  

24 se

Amorim’s Sporting hammer Manchester City

Two years ago, Rúben Amorim’s Sporting were cuffed aside 5-0 in a grand City show of power football. This last home match of Manchester United’s incoming manager ended in him becoming to sections of the Red Devils faithful, at least, the “new Ferguson”, as he prophesied would occur should their cross-town rival be downed.

After Viktor Gyökeres starred with a hat-trick, Amorim’s evening closed with a deserved lap of honour and his players giving him the bumps. He leaves Sporting driving their Champions League destiny on 10 points, while City are stuck on seven, and all with the 3-4-3 shape he brings to United when starting work on 11 November.

Sweet Caroline rang out, the José Alvalade was below a sell-out and Amorim’s home swansong had a terrible start. Phil Foden pilfered possession from Hidemasa Morita. Sporting backed off, so City’s playmaker ranged into the area and fired beyond Franco Israel.

After City’s reverses to Tottenham and Bournemouth this was welcome succour. But fragility was evident in a Gyökeres raid that took him clear – and this was an augury, too, of what unfolded.

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