Erik ten Hag was important of Manchester United’s poor ending both aspect of half-time as they relied on a late winner to see off Fulham on Sunday.
Alejandro Garnacho stole all three factors in injury-time for United in an eventual 2-1 victory, with Christian Eriksen’s first half opener being cancelled out by Daniel James in a sloppy second half for the Red Devils.
Fulham fought properly and held United admirably at Craven Cottage, however Ten Hag’s aspect carved out loads of prime quality probabilities to place the sport to mattress, notably on the cusp of the interval.
The Dutch coach was trustworthy about that when chatting with press after the match, explaining: “I believe within the first half we performed fairly properly and I believe we needed to rating extra objectives.
“The distinction between us and Fulham needed to be larger after the primary half.”
He added: “We have been solely 1-0 up after which a fantastic probability after half-time. And then you definately see that two halves are by no means the identical and the sport modifications. Fulham get higher and higher and extra dominant, create probabilities and get the equaliser.”
But while he was disappointed with his side’s finishing – Eriksen, Anthony Elanga and Marcus Rashford all spurned brilliant opportunities to score – he was impressed with where the winner came from.
“The profitable has to do with the assumption that you may at all times rating. I’m actually glad {that a} sub got here in as soon as once more – it isn’t solely 11 gamers, you want a squad to win trophies and that’s what we would like.”
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