Now, it’s ‘Bilbao or Bust’. Amorim’s men will have to find a way to win this season’s Europa League — the final is being held in the Basque city in May — in order to salvage a disastrous season.

"I know that we are losing games but the goal is to win the Premier League again," Amorim said in not allowing the FA Cup exit to be a setback.

Ruben Amorim has left the door open to a potential Manchester United striker change and also explained why Victor Lindelof took a crucial penalty in Sunday’s agonising FA Cup defeat by Fulham. The holders exited the competition at the fifth round stage after Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee saw back-to-back spot-kicks saved by Bernd Leno,