Noel Gallagher makes provocative five-word remark about Man Utd as Ruben Amorim embarrasses City

Noel Gallagher has predicted that Ruben Amorim's impressive success against Manchester City with Sporting Lisbon will prove misleading when he takes over at Manchester United later this month.

The Portuguese manager has agreed to take charge of the Premier League club from November 11 following the dismissal of Erik ten Hag in October. And United's decision to sign the 39-year-old may have been vindicated after he presided over a stunning 4-1 win over Pep Guardiola's side in the Champions League.

Viktor Gyokeres scored a hat-trick as he outshone Erling Haaland, who pumped his lines from the penalty spot, as Amorim made himself an instant favorite with the Manchester fans.

Gallagher, however, was not as impressed. The Oasis icon made an appearance as part of TNT Sports' match coverage at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, with fans taking to social media to express their confusion over his surprise football commentary debut.

But their dream start to Lisbon turned into a nightmare as City found themselves on the end of a three-game losing streak in all competitions – their worst run under Guardiola since April 2018.

Reacting to Amorim masterminding a victory over the Catalan tactician, Gallagher couldn't help but hit out at the Red Devils – insisting they shouldn't get their hopes up too much after the memorable triumph of their new manager. “It will give them false hope,” Gallagher said.

Amorim, who bid farewell to Sporting fans after three years in charge, will have his first chance to make the legendary singer eat his words when he takes charge of his first derby in Manchester on December 15.

Gallagher could only watch in misery as his side's 26-match unbeaten run in Europe came to an abrupt end, with Gyokeres helping himself to a hat-trick to take his tally to 25 goals for club and country this season.

It looked like the 2022-23 Champions League winners were going to cruise to victory when Phil Foden scored in the first half. But Gyokeres equalized for the Portuguese after beating Ederson with a fine effort.

Just 20 seconds after the break, Maximiliano Araujo shot past Ederson to give Sporting the lead and Gyokeres converted a penalty three minutes later to make it 3-1.

To make matters worse, Haaland failed to take his chance from the penalty spot as his effort hit the crossbar as City tried to find a way back into the contest. But their fate was sealed when the indomitable Swede sealed his hat-trick in stoppage time.

Gyokeres, who has been linked with Arsenal and more recently United following Amorim's appointment, has been tipped to follow his boss to Old Trafford. Speaking about the 26-year-old, Gallagher predicted “he'll be at United this time next year”.

After this result, Gyokeres might be tempted to say “Maybe” to the idea of ​​finding Amorim.