Annoyed footballer Bruno Fernandes mentioned if Manchester United can carry out at Anfield, they need to “do it in every single place” after the crisis-hit facet secured a 2-2 draw against Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday.
Cody Gakpo cancelled out Lisandro Martinez’s shock opener for United on Sunday earlier than Mohamed Salah put Liverpool forward from the penalty spot, however Amad Diallo scored a late equaliser.
United completed the match the stronger, and defender Harry Maguire spurned a last-kick probability to win the sport by firing over the bar from Joshua Zirkzee’s squared go.
The purpose for Liverpool takes them six away from second-placed Arsenal with a sport in hand. United are approach down in thirteenth place, however at the very least they’ve ended their four-game losing run.
“We now have been criticised, and pretty,” United captain Fernandes instructed Sky Sports activities. “Our place within the desk says all of it. We now have misplaced too many factors. Even at the moment, we will’t be proud of some extent. We want the factors and we might’ve received the sport on the finish, however it’s a good outcome. Each groups performed good soccer.
“I’m fairly upset. If we present this degree at Liverpool, first within the league, why can’t we do that in every single place? It frustrates me. Additionally, lastly I did a correct efficiency. We mentioned we want rather more from ourselves to get extra from this season.”
The midfielder mentioned subsequent week’s FA Cup tie at Arsenal can be powerful for the holders however “we need to get to the ultimate once more”.
“We all know how powerful it’s to play in opposition to Liverpool,” he mentioned. “At present, we put in an actual effort to the sport. Taking part in with some ardour and coronary heart is what will offer you one thing from the sport. It’s a must to put in effort and that’s why we took one thing from at the moment.
“It will possibly’t cease right here. We now have to deliver this frustration to the following sport to know this must be the extent. If we will do it at Anfield, we have now to do it in every single place.”
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Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk mentioned it might have been worse for his workforce if Maguire had transformed a late probability. “I’m positively disillusioned with dropping factors at house however it’s what’s and we have now to maneuver on and we’ll,” he mentioned.
“We discovered the 2-1 after which it’s about attempting to handle the sport and preserve the ball for longer than three and 4 passes. We misplaced the ball too simply at instances after which we have been extra open than we should always have been. We’re not excellent. We’re nonetheless studying and we have now to study from this as effectively.”
The defender mentioned Liverpool had not underestimated United, regardless of their rivals’ troubles this season.
“That’s all of the media, media discuss,” he mentioned. “It’s nothing to do with us. We ready for a really powerful sport like we have now seen at the moment. We didn’t assume any of that.”
United supervisor Ruben Amorim has endured a wretched begin to his time in cost at Outdated Trafford, with the membership slipping to 6 defeats in September, culminating within the four-match shedding streak.
“We’re in a troublesome second,” Amorim instructed Sky Sports activities. “For those who play in opposition to Liverpool every single day, we’ll get better positions like that. However if you happen to play in opposition to any opponent, we might want to do it. We now have confirmed we will do it. The best way we have been actually aggressive – that’s what we should be going ahead.
“It’s not simply the gamers, all of the employees within the membership. I’m completely satisfied for the efficiency, not for the outcomes. However I’m actually mad for the opposite video games,” Amorim continued after United slipped to that fourth straight defeat, and sixth within the month of December, in opposition to Newcastle on Monday.
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“In fact, we’re going to enhance in coaching, however it’s the approach we confronted the sport, not from the coaching,” he continued. “You may ask any fan – the best way we combat, the best way we kick, the best way we combat for the ball. It’s so clear.
“At present I really feel the gamers actually wished it. The essential factor is to not chill out tomorrow and return to the identical performances. I’ll do the whole lot to make the gamers perceive, they need to endure in a sport. I’m actually attempting on the fundamentals and we have now to maneuver on.
“Congratulations on the efficiency, however not the outcome. Everybody will say the gamers did the whole lot proper, so I’m allowed to be upset [with them for the other results] at the moment.”
