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'Ultimately' - Phil Jones name key mistake that cost Manchester United in Nottingham Forest…

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Man Utd were beaten 3-2 by Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday night.

United fell to successive defeats under Amorim as goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood secured a deserved three points for Forest at Old Trafford.

Having conceded twice from corner kicks against Arsenal in midweek, United were vulnerable from set pieces again as Milenkovic headed in from corner within 90 seconds of kick-off. Although the two other goals came from open play, there were a number of opportunities from which Forest could also have scored from dead ball situations.

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Speaking after the game, Jones dismissed the need for a deep look into their tactics and believed United were getting a lot of the basics wrong still. "When we're talking about set pieces I think we can be overanalytical these days and go into so much detail until we're almost blue in the face," he told Sky Sports. "Ultimately, go and attack the ball, be aggressive and get first contact on the ball. United didn't do that enough today."

When asked for his verdict on the match, Amorim told BBC Sport: "Tough game. We started really bad, the first play we suffered a goal and then it's hard to try to fight. We then controlled the game and had a lot of situations. We improved the movement in the last third. We managed to draw the game and then at half-time we were ready to go for the win and then started really bad. Two goals. Then we tried a lot of things with not a lot of quality."

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