“From our first-half performance, which was outstanding, the
criticism is that we didn’t finish them off,” the boss told
MUTV. “Where it should have been 5-0 at half-time,
we’ve gone in 2-0 up. That is an area we have to be concerned
about.
“Everton away should have been five or six, we should have got
three or four at Fulham; and we’re losing points because of it.
It’s not a defining result in terms of where the league’s going to
end up, but we can’t keep doing that. We are very frustrated about
it. Two-nil is never a great scoreline. If you lose a goal, it
gives the other team a lifeline. I always think 1-0 is better. It
keeps the concentration better, you push more for the second
goal.”
As for the goals conceded, Sir Alex didn’t apportion blame. “They
got a real break for the first goal. I didn’t think it was a foul.
But they got the luck after that, it came off the inside of Evra’s
leg and it was just a bad bit of luck. The second goal… what can
you say? Edwin has been playing for over 20 years as a top
goalkeeper and he was probably in primary school the last time he
made a mistake like that. You just have to wipe it off the slate.
There’s nothing you can do about it, it was just one of these
inexplicable errors.”
So United remain unbeaten, but that statistic is no consolation for
damaging dropped points. “There are two ways of looking at it,”
concluded Sir Alex. “If we were a team in the middle of the league
you’d say we were undefeated. But for Manchester United that’s not
good enough.”
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