Erik ten Hag reveals what he told Man Utd players after loss at Chelsea

Erik ten Hag bemoaned the decision making of his Manchester United players following their remarkable 4-3 loss against Chelsea this week.

United were poised to secure all three points at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night, courtesy of Alejandro Garnacho's brace and Bruno Fernandes' solitary goal, which nullified Conor Gallagher's early strike and Cole Palmer's penalty.

However, Palmer — in red-hot form — was on hand to score again from the spot in the 100th minute and secured his hat-trick in the 101st to inflict a 12th Premier League defeat on Ten Hag's side this season.

Diego Dalot's clumsy foul resulted in the spot kick being coolly converted by Palmer to level the score at 3-3. Following the restart, the Portuguese defender embarked on a desperate offensive push, which Chelsea capitalised on with a swift counter-attack. And Palmer, left unmarked, received the ball from a subsequent corner and unleashed a shot which took a wicked deflection to seal victory for the home side.

«We started the game poor, making individual errors. And, of course, that [stoppage-time goals] frustrates me the most,» Ten Hag said at a press conference on Friday.

«I had the feeling we were dominating the game and we fought back into the game. We put ourselves in a winning position by some very good football, sometimes brilliant football, scoring great goals.

»In stoppage time, we didn't manage it. We didn't bring the win over the line and that's frustrating. They [the players] know their jobs and they have to make the right decisions.

«We didn't make the right decisions, we didn't react quick enough to avoid this situation.»

Regarding what he told the United squad, Ten Hag added: «I said today to the players, we have to make better decisions, it's