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Senne Lammens believes Manchester United’s mentality proved costly after losing against 10-man Newcastle United at St. James’ Park.
Manchester United lost 2-1 to Newcastle on Wednesday night, in what was Michael Carrick’s first defeat since returning to Old Trafford as Ruben Amorim’s successor in January.
The scoreline was 1-1 at half-time thanks to a late equaliser from Casemiro, but United performed abysmally despite having an advantage over Newcastle following Jacob Ramsey’s second yellow card for simulation.
Sadly, United’s lacklustre display carried into the second half as William Osula’s late goal proved decisive. The Red Devils remain third in the Premier League despite their unbeaten run – since the beginning of 2026 – coming to an abrupt end.
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Senne Lammens demands more from his Man Utd teammates
Lammens almost got a touch on Anthony Gordon’s penalty in the first half as the England international sent his spot kick straight down the middle.
For Newcastle’s winner, there wasn’t much Lammens could have done to prevent the bending effort after Osula cut in to get past Tyrell Malacia.
Speaking to TNT Sports after the match, Lammens stressed that United’s mentality needs to be better.
The young Belgian stopper also stressed that United were nowhere near good enough against Newcastle.
“That is always a bad feeling to lose, just in general today was not our day. It was nowhere near good enough.
“We scored our goal just before half-time and it was really important to give us a good feeling going into half time.
“When we step out on the pitch for the second half it needs to be better, I think our mentality needs to be better. In every aspect it was not our game today.
“I’m not sure what we were lacking. Every team has those games, but you can’t put it like that you always have to perform, especially here.
“Heading into half-time we had a pretty good feeling because we scored and playing against 10 men you want to finish it off, we couldn’t get our rhythm going and we need to learn a lot from this.”
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Senne Lammens provides insight on Jacob Ramsey dismissal
It was clear from every replay that Lammens didn’t touch Ramsey before he went down inside the box.
Eddie Howe argued it was a harsh decision on Ramsey, but anticipating contact isn’t a good enough excuse for a player to go down inside the box.
When asked about the incident, Lammens stressed that he didn’t feel any contact from Ramsey, who he felt was looking for the contact.
“I didn’t feel any contact, I don’t think it was a foul,” Lammens added.
“He was looking for the contact, I was holding myself in and I think the ref made the right decision.”