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Manchester United put in a dull efficiency as Fulham got here away from Previous Trafford with a well-deserved 1-2 victory.
The win was the Cottagers’ first at Previous Trafford in 21 years and their first in opposition to the Purple Devils in any competitors or location, since 2009.
One of many major questions requested of this United aspect was how they’d reply to the in-form Rasmus Hojlund’s harm and the reply was as bleak because the climate.
The loss was the Previous Trafford aspect’s tenth within the league and fifteenth of the season, leaving them eight factors off the highest 4 with solely 12 matches to play.
Erik ten Hag was understandably annoyed along with his aspect and talking to the BBC after the sport he blamed a lapse of focus for Fulham’s successful aim.
“It was a throw-in [for Fulham] within the nook, we had them underneath stress and we have now one participant within the incorrect place.
“As a workforce we should always handle that and ensure everyone seems to be in the appropriate place. We allow them to escape and it’s avoidable.”
The United coach bizarrely praised his workforce for his or her response to going a aim down and claimed, “The workforce confirmed large character to struggle again, we deserved the equaliser and went for the win – we confirmed large character and character. It was that mistake. Earlier than that, we went for the win and we should always have taken our alternatives”.
Talking on the absences of Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw the Dutchman said, “We struggled with their affect and their influence on our left aspect. However we reacted nicely and methods to cope with it, methods to step up from the again and as soon as we had that we acquired extra from the sport and took management to create the possibilities.
“With the squad we had as we speak we should always have gained this sport. Each halves have been gradual begins and we ought to be prepared from the primary whistle.
“That’s a degree of criticism however the workforce confirmed large character in each halves.”
Manchester United might want to put the frustration behind them as an enormous week begins with a fifth-round cup tie away to Forest on Wednesday, adopted up by a frightening journey to the Etihad to face their cross-city rivals.
