Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez was disappointed at the lapses in concentration that he felt cost his team.
"In the first half we didn't have a lot of problems and then we conceded a goal. Against a good team like United that is always a big problem," he told Sky Sports.
"When you see the players working as hard as they work, you cannot blame them, if you make a mistake, you make a mistake. From my point of view it is a pity when you concede."
Asked about the lack of goalscoring chances his side created, the Spanish boss added: "Sometimes you don't have an opportunity when you talk about a player in front of the keeper.
"We were defending well but we couldn't create a lot of clear chances, if you want to win you need to score and sometimes they score first.
"I need to think about the next game, when you are at the top, bottom or middle of the table you need to think about the next three points."
Benitez insists winning games is now the main target before the club can even entertain thoughts about being in contention at the top of the table.
"That is clear, if you want to have possibilities (of being in the title race) you need to start winning games.
"We will change things, but the team is strong enough. But after we concede we need to keep going."
The players worked hard my arse. Noone deserves any credit from todays game. Stop deluding yourself RAFA, the team is regressing and you are a big reason why. Enough of tinkiring and changing. It was so clear today the players were not interested. Why should any of them give 100% if they are getting ****ing dropped next match.
"In the first half we didn't have a lot of problems and then we conceded a goal. Against a good team like United that is always a big problem," he told Sky Sports.
"When you see the players working as hard as they work, you cannot blame them, if you make a mistake, you make a mistake. From my point of view it is a pity when you concede."
Asked about the lack of goalscoring chances his side created, the Spanish boss added: "Sometimes you don't have an opportunity when you talk about a player in front of the keeper.
"We were defending well but we couldn't create a lot of clear chances, if you want to win you need to score and sometimes they score first.
"I need to think about the next game, when you are at the top, bottom or middle of the table you need to think about the next three points."
Benitez insists winning games is now the main target before the club can even entertain thoughts about being in contention at the top of the table.
"That is clear, if you want to have possibilities (of being in the title race) you need to start winning games.
"We will change things, but the team is strong enough. But after we concede we need to keep going."
The players worked hard my arse. Noone deserves any credit from todays game. Stop deluding yourself RAFA, the team is regressing and you are a big reason why. Enough of tinkiring and changing. It was so clear today the players were not interested. Why should any of them give 100% if they are getting ****ing dropped next match.
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