Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim was left frustrated with his players after failing to beat West Ham at home and blowing the chance to move into the Premier League’s top five.
The Red Devils took the lead in the second half with Diogo Dalot scoring the decisive goal. However, Soungoutou Magassa grabbed a late leveller following a corner and snatch a point for the relegation-fighting Hammers.
United for the second game running failed to secure a positive result at home following their shock 1-0 defeat against 10-man Everton in their last outing.
Amorim after the game voiced out his displeasure.
Diogo Dalot celebrates scoring United’s first goal during the match against West Ham United. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
He told a press conference: “Frustrated, angry, that is it. After the first goal, we lost some second balls. We tried to defend all the time far from the goal. It happened long ball, they win the second ball against three guys of us so we need to be better in the second half. We are losing because of the second balls, sometimes it is not more men in front. We are really inconsistent but if you look at the goal, we have a long ball, we have everything under control, we need to do better. I always have the feeling that we have to score more goals and I’m sure about that.”
Soungoutou Magassa celebrates scoring the equalizing goal at Old Trafford (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
The coach was particularly annoyed with his team for losing control of the game after Dalot had broken the deadlock. “We should have closed the game with the ball because the game was there to win,” he told BBC Match of the Day. “I think the overall performance was not perfect. We had our moments but we lost control in the game in some minutes in the first half and in the second half, especially after the goal. The game was clearly ours to win and we had an opportunity with Cunha to finish the game off. It is really frustrating because you look at the game, you have the game under control and we didn’t win.”
Goalscorer Dalot added: “Obviously we are disappointed. We have to control much more of the game, especially at Old Trafford. We cannot get as anxious as we got after the goal, we were more sloppy with possession. We had the game there, it shouldn’t be like this. We knew they would be looking for counters and set plays and it’s more our fault than credit to West Ham. We cannot drop too many points – we want to be in the top four or five, we have to be there. That’s why the disappointment is even bigger.”
United will be eager to get back to winning ways this weekend when they play Wolves, who have taken just two points all season and are on course to accumulate the lowest points total of any team in Premier League history.
