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Sir Alex Ferguson says he struggled to comprehend the goals United conceded in Saturday’s shock 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion, but he was in no doubt that the Reds should have killed off the Baggies before those chaotic, costly five minutes at the start of the second half.

The United boss didn’t pin the blame on Edwin van der Sar, whose error gifted West Brom their second goal, but instead said his team had enough opportunities to have put the match out of sight long before then.
“From our first-half performance, which was outstanding, the criticism is that we didn’t finish them off,” the boss told MUTV. “Where it should have been 5-0 at half-time, we’ve gone in 2-0 up. That is an area we have to be concerned about.
“Everton away should have been five or six, we should have got three or four at Fulham; and we’re losing points because of it. It’s not a defining result in terms of where the league’s going to end up, but we can’t keep doing that. We are very frustrated about it. Two-nil is never a great scoreline. If you lose a goal, it gives the other team a lifeline. I always think 1-0 is better. It keeps the concentration better, you push more for the second goal.”
As for the goals conceded, Sir Alex didn’t apportion blame.

“They got a real break for the first goal. I didn’t think it was a foul. But they got the luck after that, it came off the inside of Evra’s leg and it was just a bad bit of luck. The second goal… what can you say? Edwin has been playing for over 20 years as a top goalkeeper and he was probably in primary school the last time he made a mistake like that. You just have to wipe it off the slate. There’s nothing you can do about it, it was just one of these inexplicable errors.”

So United remain unbeaten, but that statistic is no consolation for damaging dropped points. “There are two So United remain unbeaten, but that statistic is no consolation for damaging dropped points. “There are two ways of looking at it,” concluded Sir Alex. “If we were a team in the middle of the league you’d say we were undefeated. But for Manchester United that’s not good enough.”