De Rigt: It s always easy to put the blame on the coach, but we can t say that the goal is lost because of the system

Sports 7:48pm, 28 September 2025 60
Manchester United defender Dricht said the team must be united after losing 1-3 to Brentford.

About the team's status

- Very disappointed, as we've been talking about keeping the winning streak and winning another game all week. Obviously, losing this game was a huge blow. Obviously, this feeling is not good. Everyone was very disappointed. I think first, we are disappointed with ourselves. The first thing you need to control is yourself. If you can do that, you’ll be disappointed first with yourself and then with the team and the whole result, so it’s really disappointed.

About solidarity

—This is the most important thing and the only thing we can do. As I said, we still have to be united. We lost to Manchester City and won Chelsea, so for the next game, we have to analyze the reasons for this loss because there are problems in many places. We need to be ready for the next game.

What went wrong with this game?

- We made the wrong decision at a critical moment, which will have a big impact in football. I think it's obvious that we have some chances of bad luck, but overall, we're not doing well enough. This is the truth. The game can be very difficult when facing a team like Brentford who is good at counterattacking, long-range outskirts and corner kicks.

About taking responsibility

- Of course, it is always easy to push the responsibility to the coach, but the players on the field are the ones who end up getting the job done. We can't say that the ball we lost or the chance we gave our opponents is because... I don't know, you always talk about the system. This is also related to concentration and concentration, and if these are lacking at critical moments, it will have a big impact. They will punish you hard when facing a team like Brentford.

About Brentford's play

- I think we know very well what they will do, they will pass the forwards for a long time and fight back. I haven't seen the first goal yet. Obviously the situation was very tense at that time. Then it becomes difficult, you are 0-1 behind, which is not the result you want. Then the score became 0-2. We performed well later, scored 1-2 and got a penalty. In my opinion... I'm not going to say (that should be a red card), but the rules are rules. However, we still have to rely on ourselves, and we didn’t do it today, which is really disappointing.