Matheus Cunha reflected on Man Utd's performance after the 4-4 draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.
Cunha spoke after the game.(Image: Sky Sports)
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Matheus Cunha was "so disappointed" by Manchester United conceding early goals against Aston Villa because the team talked about the issue after mounting a comeback against Roma.
United won 3-2 against Roma in the Champions League at the start of the week, completing a stunning comeback in the second half after falling two goals behind in the first half.
Michael Carrick wanted his side to avoid giving themselves another mountain to climb against Villa on Sunday afternoon, but history repeated itself, with the Reds conceding twice in the first four minutes on this occasion.
Cunha vented to Sky Sports about United conceding early goals, saying: "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. We need to play like Man United 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 conceded early goals again, he responded: "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."
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United fans showed their frustration with the club's predicament and ownership during the game, something Cunha sympathised with.
"Before we played everyone is a fan," he said. "You understand why they are frustrated. This is completely fine, we understand. We are on the pitch and we need to manage this. We need to change the mentality - be in the game.
"I don't think the fans are against us it's just that they want to see us perform and win games. 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 - we need to come back.
"Many more things to do, we have lots more games. We need to learn from the last seasons. We can not do the same things. 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."