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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has pointed the finger of blame to three of his players following his side’s disappointing 2-1 defeat at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon.
The Red Devils were made to rue their missed chances after controlling the game for a long period of time without scoring, as former player Danny Welbeck found the back of the net against the run of play.
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Marcus Rashford, who’s desperate to get back to his best form he displayed in the 2022/23 season, scored minutes after Welbeck’s goal but was adjudged offside, which saw United head into the half-time interval trailing.
Meanwhile, Amad Diallo gave Ten Hag’s side a lifeline on the hour mark, before United had another disallowed goal in what they thought was the winner with Joshua Zirkzee kneeing in Alejandro Garnacho’s goal bound strike from an offside position.
Though United’s attack was promising, the defending left a lot to be desired with Simon Adingra setting up an unmarked Joao Pedro at the back-post, who headed home for a dramatic winner, sending the Amex stadium into a delirium.
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Erik ten Hag hits out at “three players”
Ten Hag was left unhappy at the manner his side conceded the stoppage time goal, and was critical of three of his stars for failing to stop the ball from bulging into the net.
“We didn’t stop the cross,” the Dutch manager lamented.
“There were three players [who could have avoided this], [Adingra is a] right-footed player. Send him down the line, send him wide instead of letting him come in and let the cross,” said a visibly dejected Ten Hag.
“We of course have to talk about this, how we act in that situation as a team. There were more than one mistake on that occasion and it has a big impact on the score,” he continued.
The 54-year-old drew comparisons to the goal they conceded against Manchester City in the Community Shield earlier this month.
“That’s [conceding in stoppage time] very disappointing yeah.
“Because, in the Community Shield we conceded just before time, we should be more clinical in such situations, read the game, take the point if you cant win anymore.
“We were close to winning this game but definitely don’t lose the game.”
United will host Arne Slot led-Liverpool at Old Trafford next week on Sunday, in what will be their third outing of the new Premier League season.
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