Healthly and News World - Chris Smalling has promised fans they will
see "a different Manchester United" next week against West Brom after
a second successive defeat at the hands
of Everton on Sunday.
Goals from James McCarthy, John Stones and Kevin Mirallas secured
the points for Roberto Martinez's side at Goodison Park, as the Reds failed to
bounce back from last weekend's narrow loss to Chelsea.
Smalling says the performance was below the standards set in
recent weeks and insisted that the players are determined to learn from the
latest setback.
“Right from the first minute we were off the pace and they had a
pressure that we usually have," he told MUTV. "We were
second best. This is a massive wake-up call for us.
“I think it was always going to go down to the final couple of
games. We’ve got four big games now in which we’ve got to make sure we were
better than today. I think we’ll go back and look at the video tomorrow and,
come the next training session, we’ll be eager to put this right.
"We haven’t been the second-best team in games this season,
even when we’ve lost, we’ve always had that aggression and those tackles but
today we were far from it. I think we’ll see a different Manchester United next
Saturday against West Brom."
The defender was disappointed by the manner of Everton's goals,
and added that despite a familiar dominance in terms of possession, the Reds
can improve during the final run-in.
“I think in the last two games
we’ve had good possession, and especially in the first half today I think we
created some good chances, but it was a game in which you needed to take
chances and, if we had, it might have been different. In terms of aggression
and one-on-one battles we were off the pace.
“The goals [we conceded] were very uncharacteristic, one from a corner and one from a breakaway where everyone has their positions and knows their jobs, so there’s no way they should be getting through as easily as they did today.
“We felt that our play at times was good and we played a lot of passes in towards their box. Given how we’ve played in the last few games, teams are more defensive and today we couldn’t find the answer despite a couple of good chances in the first half.
“The goals [we conceded] were very uncharacteristic, one from a corner and one from a breakaway where everyone has their positions and knows their jobs, so there’s no way they should be getting through as easily as they did today.
“We felt that our play at times was good and we played a lot of passes in towards their box. Given how we’ve played in the last few games, teams are more defensive and today we couldn’t find the answer despite a couple of good chances in the first half.
“We kept plugging away but couldn’t find those gaps. It was
difficult. We’ll make sure we learn from this, the fans deserve a lot better
than what they saw today.”
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