Ten Hag regrets the fact that he has conceded yet another late goal

Erik ten Hag, Manchester United’s manager, stated that the team must establish a strategy to maintain focus until the full-time siren and cease conceding late goals following Brighton & Hove Albion’s goal in added time during Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League victory.

United conceded two tame goals at the Amex, where Brighton striker Danny Welbeck scored against his former club. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, an unmarked Joao Pedro scored the winning goal.

United, a team that was once renowned for its ability to score late goals in the Premier League, have now suffered six losses since the 2022-23 season as a result of goals scored in or after the 90th minute, which is the most of any other team.

“We possess significant potential; however, we must persist until the conclusion.” “We concede a goal in stoppage time,” Ten Hag stated to the BBC.

“The game concludes when the referee blows the whistle three times.” That is the area in which we failed, and as a result, we must enhance our game administration.

“We must improve our clinical skills in both areas and act more cohesively as a team in order to achieve two soft goals.” It is unfortunate that we are devoid of any points in this instance. We must rise and prepare for the upcoming significant match at home against Liverpool.

United had a strong period at 1-1 and nearly extended their lead to 2-1 when Joshua Zirkzee deflected Alejandro Garnacho’s shot on target. However, the goal was disallowed by VAR due to the Dutch forward’s offside position while sliding in.

United could have completed the comeback had Zirkzee not made contact; however, Ten Hag declined to assign responsibility to the 23-year-old who scored on his debut in a 1-0 victory over Fulham last weekend.

“It was a challenge.” At the time, he was on the decline. Ten Hag stated, “He could have avoided the situation if he had read the situation more carefully; however, once you are on the slide, you cannot avoid the ball.”

“It is challenging, but we also generated numerous opportunities to score a second goal.” We demonstrated resilience and persevered; we had the opportunity to score additional goals. It is disheartening to lose after failing to triumph.