Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed with the way his side conceded Liverpool’s two goals at Anfield this afternoon.
Fergie’s side took the lead after just three minutes, but were pegged back by Liverpool, who went on to record a morale-boosting victory.
The United boss admitted his side had been second best, although felt his side should have been able to secure a point from the fixture despite enduring a bad day.
It was the manner of conceding the goals that disappointed the Scot most.
“Apart from our poor performance, giving the two goals away like we did is not acceptable for Manchester United,” he said to Sky Sports.
“When you are having a bad day you need to take something out of the game and we should of really done that, but it comes down to the defending, which was very poor for both of the goals,” Fergie added.
“There was a bit of fortune attached to both goals from Liverpool’s point of view, but in an overall view of the match I feel that they were by far the better team.
“We started excellently from the first minute when Berbatov threatened and from that point on we should have gone on and established ourselves, but I do feel Liverpool produced a great performance in terms of tackling us, harassing us and forcing us into making mistakes and we didn’t cope with that well, which I feel was the source of our defeat – not coping with their tackling.
“It is difficult to say why that happened, you have to give credit them for the way they pressed the ball, but at the end of the day we should be doing better. We didn’t have anyone performing to their best on the pitch, other than Rio Ferdinand perhaps.
“Michael Carrick doesn’t look like he has broken anything but he will definitely be out for Wednesday [against Villarreal].”
Liverpool’s victory put them three points clear at the top of the Premier League table in the immediate aftermath of the match.
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