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23 Dec 2024 15.13 GMT Erik ten Hag talks to TNT. “We had a solid performance … 🌻 we were controlling the game … we performed very solid, controlling the game in possession … also we didn’t give 🌻 chances away … we had to score … we had opportunities … then one moment of switching off, we conceded 🌻 a goal … we have options … Marcus Rashford can play all positions across the front … when strikers don’t 🌻 score confidence will decrease, but they have to believe … as a team we have to make the passes in 🌻 the final third … [the central defensive partnership] played well but you want to have routines and when the routines 🌻 are not there you concede a goal like we did … when the routines are in, this moment is out.”

23 🌻 Dec 2024 15.08 GMT David Moyes speaks to TNT Sports. “It was a great win for us … we didn’t 🌻 do brilliant in the first half but we done a job … as the game went on we got much 🌻 better … sometimes when you make the change it doesn’t work, but we put Paqueta more like a number nine 🌻 and he held the ball up brilliantly … they are really talented players and we can move them around … 🌻 we’ve won 31 games in the calendar year … we’ve won a trophy in the middle of it as well 🌻 … West Ham aren’t going to win all of our games, we’re not that sort of club … we’re not 🌻 that team, we’re not ready to do that, but I hope we can build towards it … we’ve just lost 🌻 the best player in England in the summer … but we’re in a pretty lofty position … if we’d have 🌻 been knocked out [of the League Cup] by Lincoln in the first round, I’m not sure people would be taking 🌻 so much about [the midweek selection at Anfield].”

23 Dec 2024 14.59 GMT A glum Luke Shaw speaks honestly to TNT. 🌻 “Just not good enough, really … we have to win games and that’s it … we keep losing games and 🌻 points and making it very hard for ourselves … especially that second half, not good enough … the first half 🌻 we controlled the game … if we scored the first goal, maybe the result is different, but we don’t, so 🌻 we suffered in the second half, and again, it’s not good enough … I don’t feel [West Ham’s tactical changes] 🌻 disrupted us … the pass was an unbelievable pass and he got a bit of luck with a rebound … 🌻 the second goal is a mistake but that doesn’t matter, from the start of the second half we were not 🌻 the same … it’s why I’m here now … it’s tough to think what’s going on … we’re not creating 🌻 enough and when we do we’re not clinical … it could be a lack of confidence … we have to 🌻 keep staying positive … we have another big game coming up against Aston Villa … we can’t keep dropping points, 🌻 we have to win games … we have to stay positive … this is Manchester United, one of the biggest 🌻 clubs in the world, and it’s not good enough … we know that … we have to dig deep and 🌻 look ourselves in the mirror … question ourselves and go from there … no excuses … we’ve had a lot 🌻 of injuries but a lot of teams have been picking up injuries so we can’t be making excuses … we 🌻 know it’s not good enough.”

23 Dec 2024 14.40 GMT Post-match postbag. “Not a West Ham fan but can I say 🌻 how much I love the Kudus celebration where he sits on the advertising hoarding. It’s so brilliantly nonchalant, really adds 🌻 to the vibe of a player who just always seems to have more time than anyone else on the pitch” 🌻 – Myles Nester Harwood “What a birthday week Jarrod Bowen is having! First he scores a beauty against Liverpool, and 🌻 now another against Man United. He must have made one heckuva wish when he blew out the candles on his 🌻 cake” – Peter Oh “It’s not just the players’ lack of togetherness but Ten Hag never goes up to his 🌻 players after the match to show any appreciation like Klopp or Guardiola do. The contrast is almost frightening! Where’s the 🌻 passion or sense of camaraderie?” – Nigel Moore