In Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Burnley, Man Utd gave up a late lead for the fifth time in the previous month as substitute Zeki Amdouni’s penalty in the 87th minute negated Antony’s opening goal less than ten minutes earlier. Erik ten Hag defended his team, who had won one of their last five games.

Manchester United is “one of the most dynamic and entertaining teams” in the Premier League, according to Erik ten Hag.

In Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Burnley at Old Trafford, United gave up a late lead for the sixth time in the previous month as Zeki Amdouni’s penalty in the 87th minute negated Antony’s opening goal less than ten minutes earlier.

Casemiro’s bizarre headed back ball that allowed Andre Onana to easily finish off Amdouni set up Burnley’s equalizer, a self-inflicted mistake like to the one that went unpunished against Wolves on the opening weekend of the season.

Although Ten Hag’s team has now lost five of their previous six league games and given up 12 goals in that span, the manager has defended United’s recent play.

“All teams forfeit chances,” Ten Hag stated to BBC Sport. However, it is strange when it is up to us. We also produced a ton of opportunities.

“Right now, we’re among the league’s most entertaining and dynamic teams. We are playing excellent football and creating lots of opportunities. It was not essential to go crаzy. After fixing this at halftime, the second half performed considerably better.”

With four games left, United’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League are virtually certain to be gone, with Aston Villa sitting 12 points clear in fourth. Additionally, Unai Emery’s team has a far better goal differential.

Despite having played two more games, Ten Hag’s team is six points behind Tottenham in fifth position, and Newcastle behind them by one point in the race for sixth place and Europa League participation.

Ten Hag responded, “That is the facts,” when asked if the Europa League was more likely. Getting fourth when you’re that far behind is difficult. We had to prevail.

“Over the last few weeks, we’ve been in winning positions before losing them. At this point in the season, the gap is too great.”

The manager of Manchester United bemoaned his team’s most recent inability to hold onto a winning position.

“I’m really irritated. We played a great game at certain stages, but ultimately you have to take the three points. Ten Hag remarked, “It’s incredibly frustrating that we handed it away. “Once more, we let the game get away from us when we were in the lead.

“It is so unneeded in the last few minutes of the game.

“We really aren’t fortunate with the referees. We give up so many penalties. While I have seen two or three penalty situations, at least one of them was clearly a penalty, this one was deserved.”