After his team wasted a few opportunities before giving up late in yesterday's 1-0 Premier League loss at Brighton & Hove Albion, manager Erik ten Hag said Manchester United needed to be more clinical in front of goal and keep their focus for the full 90 minutes.
Early in the first half, both United and Brighton had chances. Antony missed a shot in the second minute, and Kaoru Mitoma fired a powerful strike directly at David De Gea.
However, the game remained scoreless until the ninth minute of stoppage time, when Alexis MacAllister converted a penalty to give his team the win after Luke Shaw handled the ball inside the penalty area.
“Every defeat is a disappointment but in the end when you lose in the last second, that is of course annoying,” Ten Hag told reporters.
And I think the first minutes sum everything up. We create a good chance, we were not clinical enough, then in the attack after we concede a big chance by a giveaway from us, the ball on the head for David.
“And in the end, we also gave away the goal and that’s annoying. If you can’t win because you don’t finish your opportunities then don’t lose.”
Asked if United’s defeat was caused by fatigue, Ten Hag said: “I have seen our physical outputs in the last games, we still have high levels, performing really well.
“The last five games, we had four wins, one draw. We were in a good run, we are improving. But we still have a way to go. We have to be more clinical and stay focused until the end of the game.”
The defeat left United in fourth place on 63 points. They next play at West Ham United on Sunday. — Reuters
Brighton defeated Manchester United 1-0 as a result of a late penalty conceded by Manchester United defender Luke Shaw.
Luke Shaw's night, which was first looking promising, ended up being one the defender would rather to forget. Shaw was shown by the cameras handling the ball while defending a late set piece while raising his arm above his head.
After conducting a VAR check, referee Andre Marriner quickly awarded the spot-kick. For the home team, Alexis Mac Allister scored the game's lone goal.
After the game, MUTV analyst Danny Webber told the network that he could tell right away that Shaw was aware of his error.
Webber explained: “You could see when it’s going to the replay, he was disappointed. He knows it’s hit his hand.”
The left defender was one of the team's finest players that night, according to the former United youngster, who made a point to compliment his performance.
“I thought Luke Shaw was outstanding throughout the game. He’s done outstanding as a centre-back. It’s not his position, he’s played like it is his position," he explained.
Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, expressed his dissatisfaction with the official's performance and noted that the decision to award Shaw a free kick before to the goal was incorrect.
"I’ve seen that it is handball and maybe he is out of balance. Maybe he got a push from the back, but I can’t see because there are so many players in [the way]," he told MUTV.
“My anger is about the free-kick before, because it was never a free-kick [against Shaw on Enciso] and there was so many bad tackles tonight where there was not a whistle."
Luke Shaw who admitted he cost his side a vital progress in their top four race wasn't happy with the match officials as well.
"Even before the corner, the free kick before that was never a foul. I'm not looking for excuses for what I have done but there is no way that should have been given as a foul," he told SkySports.
"It hurts a lot. I can't explain why my hand is up there."
"The problem is we don't score. That happened a lot of times this season. It comes down to the chance at the end but the game is different if we score the chances we make."
" We should have been 3-0 in the first half."
Luke Shaw stated. " Top four is still in our hands."
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