'I've never seen that' - Wayne Rooney highlights 'powerful' bad omen for Ruben Amorim after Man Utd's dire derby defeat to Erling Haaland-inspired Man City

United's struggles continued under Amorim as they went down 3-0 against rivals City in the derby on Sunday. Phil Foden opened the scoring from Jeremy Doku's assist, before Erling Haaland scored a brace in the second half to seal an important victory for Pep Guardiola's side.

This was United's second league defeat and third loss overall in the new season as they remain in the bottom half of the table. Towards the end of the match, a section of the visiting fans silently left the Etihad, which, according to Red Devils legend Rooney, was a "powerful" bad omen.

Speaking on The Wayne Rooney Show, the England legend said: "There was an image towards the end of the game, where I was seeing the Man Utd fans leaving. I've never seen that. In my time, I've never seen Man Utd fans leaving and you could hear the fans singing Amorim's name, but I think that is so powerful that the Man Utd fans were leaving the game because they knew the game is over and I think there were very disappointed in what they've seen. So it's hard to see how it continues."

Amorim would hope that his side recovers from the disastrous derby performance soon and get back to winning ways on Saturday as they face Chelsea in another big Premier League clash back at Old Trafford.