Man United lost 4-3 Chelsea after conceding more late goals in the Premier League despite being 3-2 up in the 99th minute.
United boss Erik ten Hag lamented the decision-making of the Manchester United players after their defeat with his side conceding goals in the 110th and 111th minute to Cole Palmer, who completed a spectacular hat-trick to inflict a 12th Premier League defeat on the Red Devils this season.
A Diogo Dalot bungle gave away a penalty that Palmer immediately converted to make it 3-3. The right back subsequently triggered a raid from the restart that enabled Chelsea to punish with a counter-attack, with an unmarked Palmer hitting a deflected winner from a corner past Andre Onana.
“Of course, that frustrates me the most,” Ten Hag said on the stoppage-time goals. “We started the game poor, making individual errors.
“But by that moment already I had the feeling we are dominating the game and we fought ourselves back into the game. We make ourselves in a winning position by very good football, sometimes brilliant football, scoring great goals.
“And then in stoppage time we didn’t manage it, we didn’t bring the win over the line and of course, that’s frustrating. I don’t know what it is but what it is that you have to do your job and they know their jobs and then you have to make the right decisions.
“And we didn’t make the right decisions, we didn’t react quick enough to avoid this situation.
“I said today to the players, on decision-making, we have to make better decisions, it’s our strength. You saw again how we score from counters – we can be such a massive threat. And we have seen today an example with tempo, how we can beat our opponents, where we are unstoppable.
“But we have to read when to keep the ball, especially when you are winning. Keep the ball, pass and move and switch the play instead of giving the ball away or going only into long balls. Bring the ball into the opponent’s half, keep passing, discourage the opponent.
“But then if you have to defend you have to do it proper and we made the wrong decisions. And on individual errors and that’s very frustrating if you’re playing a good game.”
Looks like the latest defeat has certainly piled on more pressure on the United boss and gotten him into his defensive spiel yet again, moaning desperately in a desperate attempt to yet excuse himself from yet another incriminating dismal performance.