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Unfortunately, Manchester United suffered a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
The first half saw Casemiro lose the ball twice leading to goals from Luis Diaz, with Kobbie Mainoo causing a turnover for Mohammed Salah’s goal.
After the game, manager Erik ten Hag spoke out putting the defeat on individual performances.
The Dutman commented that individual errors cannot be made against teams like Liverpool, who will “kill you” on the counter-attack.
Speaking to Bien Sport, ten Hag said:“It’s difficult because when you talk about individual errors because you know against Liverpool, they’re very good in the turnovers,”
He continued: “I think the structures were right in the moment, especially the first goal and the second one.
“The third goal you can debate I think we were not sure about the right or the left side of the rest defence, but the first two goals, you can’t change when you make mistakes against a good time like Liverpool, they will kill you.”
Whilst it may seem that that all three goals were down to individual errors, it could be argued that it was down to the build-up structure under Ten Hag.
Speaking to Sky Sports, club captain Bruno Fernandes was asked about the errors in the game, he disagreed to what Ten Hag suggested and said that goals are always self-inflicted, and that now isn’t the time for finger pointing and about making it ‘individual’.
Discussing the errors, Fernandes said: “The goals are always self-inflicted, you need to commit a mistake to give them the goal. We don’t need to be pointing fingers at everyone. That won’t help us now.”
He continued: “When you concede a goal you can’t just point at one mistake. What’s the point in saying Casemiro lost the ball or Kobbie [Mainoo] lost the ball? They lost the ball because they wanted to be brave. It’s part of football. Don’t make it individual.
“Casemiro is more experienced than me. I don’t need to tell him anything, he knows what football is about. He’s played for the two best clubs in the world.
“Kobbie is an excellent kid. I want him to try more and do this because it’s part of his game. They are huge players for us and will keep being.”
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