Senne Lammens has explained exactly how Manchester United players must now respond after tasting their first loss under interim head coach Michael Carrick.
Newcastle hosted Manchester United at St James’ Park on Wednesday evening and the 10-man Magpies inflicted a 2-1 defeat on the in-form Red Devils side.
The Magpies were reduced to 10 men in first-half injury time after Jacob Ramsey’s sending off before Anthony Gordon converted a penalty past Senne Lammens.
United pulled level against Newcastle ahead of half-time after Casemiro’s equaliser, but William Osula would score a stunning winner for the Magpies in the second half.
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Senne Lammens reveals how Man Utd must now fight back after Newcastle’s reality check for Michael Carrick’s men
Manchester United had won six of their seven Premier League matches under Michael Carrick ahead of their visit to St James’ Park on Wednesday evening.
The Red Devils remain in the Premier League top-four race, but the Newcastle result is the first major setback the United players have felt under Carrick’s reign.
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Ahead of the Newcastle defeat, Carrick had only seen his side drop Premier League points last month in United’s 1-1 draw against West Ham at the London Stadium.
Speaking after United’s 2-1 loss on Wednesday, Senne Lammens insisted that the Red Devils will need to adopt a ‘back-to-basics’ approach to bounce back.
“I mean, look, we have to learn a lot from today, but we have to look through it,” he told TNT Sports, as per BBC Sport.
“Everyone has an off day; we had a collective off day, which you can’t really do at a place like this.
“We need to go back to the basics of before. Hopefully, this is just a one-off; we can learn from this, get the momentum again and get back to winning.”
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Senne Lammens is very critical of one part of Man Utd’s Premier League performance against Newcastle
United climbed back into the contest before the half-time whistle after their equaliser, but Lammens admitted that they were underwhelming after the break.
“That is always a bad feeling to lose, just in general, today was not our day,” he explained.
“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.”
The 23-year-old Belgium international added: “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.”
United are currently third in the Premier League table ahead of hosting fourth-placed Aston Villa at Old Trafford on 15th March.
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