"We're not happy with the way we played the game tonight. I think it was the way the game panned out. We had it in our hands largely, but credit to Newcastle. The way they approached the game, we knew it was going to be tough here, but we navigated the game to be in a position we felt we should kick on, and we didn't, really. Bitterly disappointed."
"I don't think it was the 10 men. I just don't think we played good enough tonight. We can't make any excuses for that. All take responsibility for that, and we know. Just general things. The quality, we weren't there. Credit to Newcastle, they deserved to win tonight."
"We've lost one game, we haven't played well enough, but in the grand scheme of things we're in a decent position. Tonight hurts because we don't like losing games, but we'll be better for the next one."
Manchester United's seven-game unbeaten streak ended with a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle on Wednesday, with William Osula scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Despite Newcastle being reduced to 10 players for 45 minutes, Manchester United failed to capitalize on their numerical advantage. Manager Michael Carrick expressed disappointment with his team's performance, stating they had the game in their hands but failed to execute. Carrick refused to use Newcastle's reduced numbers as an excuse, emphasizing that his team simply didn't play well enough. He acknowledged Newcastle deserved the victory and committed to learning from the loss before facing Aston Villa after a 10-day break.
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