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Luke Shaw has admitted that Manchester United were beaten by “passion, desire, hunger and attitude” in their 2-0 defeat at Newcastle, describing the nature of their defeat as “unacceptable”.
In a one-sided encounter, second-half goals by Joe Willock and Callum Wilson saw Newcastle surge to an impressive 2-0 win and leapfrog Erik ten Hag’s side into third in the Premier League.
“I don’t think they won the game on quality today, they won it on passion, desire, hunger, attitude and they had higher motivation than us, and that can’t be possible,” Shaw told.
While the scoreline was sufficiently damaging for Manchester United’s top-four hopes, the devil was in the detail as Newcastle registered an XG of 3.54 compared to Man Utd’s 0.54 and the hosts made 134 sprints compared to the visitors’ 93.
Man Utd boss Ten Hag was equally unimpressed with his team’s limp display.
“Luke Shaw was right, I agree with him, Newcastle wanted it more,” he said. “They were more determined, passionate and had more desire.”
The United manager added: “I hate to say it, they were better today. You have to be hungry, give everything, every game.
“Our attacking game was not good enough.”
Since winning the Carabao Cup final by beating Newcastle on February 26, United have failed to score a goal in their three subsequent Premier League matches, losing 7-0 at Liverpool, drawing 0-0 at home to Southampton before suffering this Sunday’s setback.
“They have been well beaten today, let us be clear,” summarised Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville.
“They play Brentford and Everton in the next week. Erik ten Hag will know that they need to make sure they continue to improve but there are worrying signs in these big matches away from home.
“They just do not turn up. When you look at Manchester United’s season, I am happy overall. If you cannot play in the big games for Manchester United you have no chance.
“Erik ten Hag needs to work out which ones he can take forward and which ones he can’t.”
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