Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim refused to criticise goalkeeper Altay Bayindir after his costly errors in their 4-3 League Cup quarter-final defeat to Tottenham.
Bayindir, on only his fourth appearance for United, palmed Pedro Porro’s shot out to Dominic Solanke to give Spurs a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute and he was beaten direct from a Son Heung-min corner for the winning goal.
The Turkey international claimed he was fouled by Tottenham substitute Lucas Bergvall yet there was minimal contact.
When asked if Bayindir had held his hands up and acknowledged his errors, Amorim replied: “He doesn’t have to do that. He has to focus and we will see the game and we will improve every player of this team
“We win together, we lose together, you already know it’s not the individual it’s the team, we could win even with all these goals in the game, so let’s focus on that.”
Amorim felt United suffered a “disconnect” at the start of the second half when Spurs scored 47 seconds after the restart to go 2-0 up. Solanke then claimed his second goal in the 54th minute to make it 3-0 before United threatened a comeback, pegging Spurs back to 3-2.
“We controlled the possession,” Amorim added. “I think we were not the best team in all of the game, but most of the parts I think we were the best team.
“We had the same situation in the first half that are similar with the second and third goal of Tottenham and that made a difference. We disconnect for eight minutes and was really hard to recover from that. But then the lads did a great job to recover.
“We were so near the draw, so near, and that could make the difference because we still have time to win the game but then the fourth goal was really hard for us. We managed to respond but in the end is not enough and we are out of the cup.
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