Southampton manager Ivan Juric hailed his side’s impressive display but said they were too naïve towards the end and lacked the evil tactics to kill the game as Manchester United came from behind to win 3-1. The
Saints struck from a corner kick which Manuel Ugarte converted an own goal to put them ahead late in the first half, but in the last 10 minutes of the second half, the Red Devils struck back with an Amad Diallo hat-trick.
“For the first 75 minutes, we were in good form and outplayed Manchester United,” Juric said in his post-match interview at Old Trafford. “
We did pretty much everything right. We created more chances and had to score more. Then, in the last 20 minutes, we were like naïve children, which is not a good attitude. “
To win a game, you can’t just play 75 minutes. In the rest of the time, you need to use your football a little bit more ugly and evil to win. “
It’s not about physicality. สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น There were moments when we had to call fouls, take throw-ins, waste time and be smarter until the end. “
There were moments when we were too naïve. We have to go back to the training ground to fix the last 15 minutes. We have to perform until the end. “
The result left Southampton 10 points adrift of safety and the Croatian head coach, who has been in the job for less than a month, added:
“To be honest, I expected more from the substitutes, they have to add energy and intensity to the team. “
The result made me angry but the positive thing is to come to United and perform like they did for 75 minutes, it shows that we can try to win every game. “
Now we have to go back to working even harder. There is not so much pressure, we have six points and we are last but we want to improve every game.