Ruben Amorim believed his Manchester United crew had been aggressive of their 1-0 defeat to Chelsea, and was pleased with their show forward of their Europa League ultimate.
United had been overwhelmed at Stamford Bridge by Marc Cucurella’s 71st-minute header, however the guests did have their probabilities of snatching a outcome towards the Blues.
Harry Maguire noticed his first-half strike dominated out for offside by VAR, with Mason Mount firing narrowly huge after the break earlier than Amad Diallo compelled Robert Sanchez right into a save.
However the Crimson Devils had been solely in a position to generate an anticipated targets (xG) whole of simply 0.4 from their 5 makes an attempt as their Premier League woes stooped to a different low.
Certainly, this was United’s 18th league defeat, their most in a marketing campaign since dropping 20 in 1973-74, the final season by which they had been relegated.
They’ve additionally gone eight league video games with no win (D2 L6) for the primary time since an 11-game stretch between December 1989 and February 1990.
It was Amorim’s second run of dropping three consecutive Premier League matches since taking cost of United, one fewer streak of three consecutive defeats than Alex Ferguson had throughout his 810 video games within the competitors (three).
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Nonetheless, the United boss was in a surprisingly constructive temper forward of their season-defining Europa League ultimate towards Tottenham subsequent Wednesday.
“I believe we began nice, effectively, however within the ultimate third we wanted to be a bit extra aggressive. We had been there, we confronted the sport in the precise method,” Amorim mentioned.
“It was a little bit of dangerous luck right this moment. Typically we need to press and to attain a objective, however we misplaced just a little little bit of focus.
“It was totally different, however you by no means like whenever you lose the sport. We had been aggressive, that was clear.
“We’ve to arrange for every competitors, with 5 days, we are able to relaxation. We’ve to arrange [for the Europa League final], two days to get well after which two days to arrange.
“In the long run, I checked out all of the gamers and I believe they’re OK. In fact, we’re excited to be within the ultimate.
“Since day one, the stress has been there, however I stay fairly effectively with the stress. When you may have the ultimate of any cup, we present up, so we’re ready for that.”