Ralf Rangnick is frustrated with the attitude of the players following their defeat to Everton as their top four hope is in shambles.
Manchester United Interim boss Ralf Rangnick is frustrated with the attitude of his players following their defeat to Everton at Goodison park.
Anthony Gordon shot was deflected by Harry Maguire to beat David De Gea at the goal as Everton side keep their survival hope alive.
The result leave Manchester United 7th on the Premier League table with Tottenham, Arsenal and West Ham ahead of them.
Speaking to BT Sport, Rangnick was clearly frustrated with his attackers. “If you don’t score a single goal in 95 minutes we have to be disappointed,” said the interim manager. “We made a good start to the game, had control over the game in the first 25 minutes.
“We should have created more chances out of that domination in the first 25 minutes. Then we conceded a deflected shot, a goal after a deflected shot, and after that lost a little bit of our composure and stride.
“Second half we tried to add more creativity and verticality with our substitutions, but didn’t always take the right decisions. In the end we couldn’t score a single goal in 95 minutes.”
When asked if Everton’s home advantage made the difference, Rangnick added: “It was clear that happened, therefore it was important to score the first goal ourselves. This should have happened in first half-hour. If not, it doesn’t make life any easier for us.”
There was a rare outing for Juan Mata, who came on in the second half to make his first Premier League appearance of the season. On why he brought on the veteran, Rangnick said: “We had to do something because we needed a goal.
“I decided to bring more creativity with him in midfield and more verticality with Anthony Elanga, but they were defending with all their players in the last 35 minutes.
“We didn’t find the right player at the right moment, not always enough players in the box when we played crosses into the box.”
On United’s hopes of Champions League hopes, Rangnick said: “We’ve spoken about that a few times, we’re dependent on other results, but if we don’t win our games we’ll never have good results from other teams. The only thing we can do is stick together.
“Now we have Fred injured as well as Scott McTominay, so that’s two midfield sixes injured, hopefully not for too long. That’s all we can do, prepare for the Norwich game.”
