Diogo Dalot admits that the high volume of chances Manchester United concede is a problem - even though Erik ten Hag has insisted that is not the case.
There has been plenty of scrutiny over Ten Hag's approach in recent weeks given United's goal has been peppered in various different matches. The Red Devils have now conceded at least 20 shots in nine of their last 10 Premier League games, including Saturday evening's 2-2 draw with Bournemouth.
United had to fight back twice through Bruno Fernandes to salvage a point against the Cherries, who laid siege on the visitors goal in a bid to follow up a 3-0 win in the reverse fixture at Old Trafford.
And Dalot shared his concerns when he was asked about the number of chances United conceded after the match. He said: "I think it’s a fact, something we are looking for. Maybe we are taking too many risks, sometimes the gap between the defence and midfield is a little bit too big.
"This is why we are sometimes getting the counter-attacks too many times and are conceding too many shots, but overall we are looking forward to taking this as a learning process and trying to do better.
“I’m disappointed. We wanted to come here and get the three points. We were down twice, so we had the hunger to fight for the game. I think we lost control in situations we shouldn’t and that was the script of the match.
"I mean, we lost a little bit of control, especially building up from the back in situations where we shouldn’t and we conceded two goals in the first half - we could have avoided that, but overall we have the attitude to fight for the result and that’s a positive to take away."
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Dalot's comments are a world away from the response Ten Hag issued when he was asked a similar question in the aftermath of the dramatic 4-3 loss against Chelsea earlier this month.
The Dutchman insisted he had no concerns over that particular metric, saying: "It is ridiculous. We showed we were fourth ranking before this game in goals conceded. Everyone is talking to each other after, we are good and we have good defending as a team, a good goalkeeper and a good back four so I cannot do anything with such stats."
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