Manchester United rescued a point at Old Trafford with two goals in stoppage time, as Joshua Zirkzee converted Dorgu’s cross before the Danish defender headed home in the 96th minute. However, the comeback could not disguise another damaging defensive performance, with Aston Villa having led 4-2.
Dorgu admitted the result offered little comfort given United’s position.
“I don't feel happy - we are in a bad situation. We need to fight together to get out of it. Draw better than a loss but we had the better opportunities,” he said.
> “Everyone needs to look at themselves and ask if they are doing enough. We need to fight for the manager, for the club and get out of this together.
“Of course it hurts \[to be in relegation zone\], there's a lot of games and we need everyone to come back sharp from international break and start getting wins.”
Cunha shared his team-mate’s frustration, particularly after United had already discussed the need to stop conceding goals following their midweek victory over Roma.
“I'm so disappointed. After the other night we talked a lot about how not to concede goals and then change our mentality to come again. We did it again, conceded goals. We can't do that,” he said.
“We need to play like Man Utd and go forward and create chances, play with more courage. After we concede goals we show character but if we do this before we can win much more games.”
Asked why United continued to concede so early in matches, Cunha admitted the players were still searching for answers.
“I don't know - everyone tries to get answers for that. We want to be the best and show that we can come back. We need to show the mentality to do this from the start.”
He also understood the frustration among supporters, insisting the players had to take responsibility rather than blame the reaction from the stands.
“You understand why they are frustrated. This is completely fine, we understand. We are on the pitch and we need to manage this,” he said.
“Before anything else we need to look inside to us - the players, the staff. It's a huge club and to feel something like this \[being in the relegation zone\] is not normal.”
Cunha insisted the squad remained capable of changing its position and urged supporters to continue backing the team.
“We're good enough to go and change our situation - fight for us, the players and staff. We only ask for the fans to keep doing what they are doing because it helps us.”