Diogo Dalot says Man United's Champions League exit 'not good enough'

12/13/2023 Soccer

Diogo Dalot admits Manchester United’s dismal Champions League exit is ‘not good enough’… but claims the performance in sorry defeat against Bayern should set the standard for the rest of the season

  • Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday
  • Erik ten Hag’s team finished bottom of Group A after losing to Bayern Munich 
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Diogo Dalot admitted Manchester United’s failure to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League is ‘not good enough’, but insisted the performance against Bayern Munich should set the standard for the remainder of the season.

Kingsley Coman scored the only goal of the game as Bayern won 1-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, condemning United to last spot in Group A.

United’s four points from six games is their lowest ever tally in the Champions League and the 15 goals they have conceded is the most by a Premier League side in any group stage of the competition.

United were architects of their own downfall, twice surrendering two-goal lead away from home to lose against FC Copenhagen and draw against Galatasaray in Istanbul.

The latter result left United needing to beat Bayern and hoping for a draw in Copenhagen and Dalot conceded they only had themselves to blame.

Diogo Dalot admitted Manchester United’s failure to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League is ‘not good enough’

United lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich and finished bottom of Group A

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‘We cannot concede so many goals that we conceded in this group stage. It’s just not good enough. We’re obviously sad,’ he told the club’s website.

‘But, at the same time, we just have to realise that this is not the standard that we want to set for this club and for us. So we have to get better.’

United looked far more solid than in their previous Champions League outings on Tuesday night, but failed to create any clear-cut chances and could only muster one shot on goal across 90 minutes.

Erik ten Hag, however, insisted he was pleased with the performance.

‘Today’s performance was very good. We didn’t deserve to lose, but we lost the game,’ the Dutchman told TNT Sports after the final whistle.

Erik ten Hag insisted he was pleased with the performance against Bayern

‘But also Bayern is a good team. Even when they are not in the game, they have individual class and just need one moment. Unfortunately that happened.

‘We know we want to be more consistent.’

Dalot echoed his manager’s thoughts, suggesting there were positives to be taken from the sorry defeat to the Bundesliga giants.

‘We came here today to win the game. We knew that that was the only result that we wanted,’ he added.

‘I think we did enough to win the game. We played well, especially first half. We were in control,

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‘I think we showed composure with the ball, good pressing as well. I think we were compact. We made it difficult for them.

‘This is how we should approach every game, so this is the kind of standard that we want to set for the rest of the games.’

United have already lost 11 games in all competitions this season and face Premier League leaders Liverpool away Anfield on Sunday, where they were battered 7-0 six months ago.

Ten Hag could be without Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw, who were both injured against Bayern and join a long list of long-term absentees.


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