Luke Shaw started in Manchester United’s eighth Premier League loss of the season (Picture: Getty Images)
Luke Shaw was struggling to explain Manchester United’s tame performance in a 2-0 defeat at West Ham on Saturday, but admitted it was not good enough.
The Red Devils looked in pretty good shape in the first half in east London, but were poor after the break, conceding goals to Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus.
Erik ten Hag’s had threatened in the first period, mainly through Alejandro Garnacho, but did not look dangerous at all as the Hammers took the lead and comfortably held onto it.
It was an eighth defeat of the Premier League season for Manchester United as they slip to eighth in the table and Shaw seemed stumped for why his team were so insipid.
‘Just not good enough really,’ the full-back told TNT Sports. ‘We have to win games and that’s it. We keep losing games and points and making it hard for ourselves.
‘Especially that second half, not good enough. First half we controlled the game, we had chances again and if we score the first goal maybe the result is different but we didn’t and we suffered in the second half.
‘From the start of the second half, we weren’t the same and it showed, which is why I’m here now and we lost three points again.’
Erik ten Hag had another difficult afternoon in the Manchester United dugout (Picture: Getty Images)
Manchester United have now failed to score in four games on the spin, with just 18 goals scored in 18 Premier League games.
On why they are struggling so much in front of goal, Shaw said: ‘I don’t know. It’s tough to think what’s going on. I think we’re not creating enough and when we do, on the other hand, we’re not clinical.
‘I think maybe it could be a lack of confidence at the moment, sometimes that’s normal in football and it happens, but we have to try stay positive because we’ve got another big game coming up against Aston Villa.’
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