Erik ten Hag admits Manchester United’s defeat to Chelsea is a blow to their Champions League qualification hopes.
The Red Devils lost 4-3 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night, conceding twice in injury time. It leaves them still 11 points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa with only one game in hand on Unai Emery’s side.
And Ten Hag said: “Definitely a setback but we have to deal with this and get up. And we will do.
“We are resilient and you have seen today how resilient we are, the quality of our football, how we can play outstanding football in moments, but football is about results and you have to bring it over time.”
“We started poor, making individual errors,” he added. “But I had the feeling we were dominating and we fought ourselves back.
“We were in a winning position with very good football and scoring great goals. Then in stoppage time, we didn’t bring the win over the line.
“You have to do your job, you have to make the right decisions, and we didn’t react quick enough to avoid this situation.
“We dominated the game, especially our wide players were a danger: Garnacho, Antony.
“We have to make better decisions. You saw how we score from counters. We can be such a massive threat and we’ve seen again today an example.
“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 it away.”
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