Sporting Lisbon have sacked Ruben Amorim’s successor Joao Pereira just six weeks after he became head coach of the Portuguese club. Pereira took charge of Sporting when Amorim left for the Manchester United job,

Joao Pereira has seen Sporting slip from six points clear at the top when he took charge to second place in the Portuguese league

After Heung Min-Son managed to score directly from a corner in the Carabao Cup loss, Matheus Cunha has just repeated the feat for Wolves, handing his side the lead in the process. Hardly the start to his Manchester United career that Ruben Amorim would have wanted.