Hugo Lloris has called for supporters to stick with the Tottenham Hotspur team after the club suffered their fifth Premier League defeat of the season.
Tottenham fans expressed their discontent with Nuno Espirito Santo in what was yet another sub-par performance under the management of the Portuguese.
Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford saw United comfortably sweep aside the North Londoners.
Lloris believes that Spurs were in the game until they conceded close to half time when Ronaldo made the most of Ben Davies’ slack marking to volley beyond the Frenchman.
The club captain admitted that it was not the first time Spurs have played poorly this season and is looking to regroup ahead of Thursday night’s Europa Conference League clash against Vitesse Arnhem under the lights at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in which there’ll be an expectation to win following the surprise defeat in the return fixture in Holland.
Lloris told Sky Sports Premier League (30/10/21 – 19:43): “I think it was quite OK until we conceded the first goal. In the second half there were too many mistakes with the ball.
“With two or three passes [Manchester United] created chances and they scored two more goals. At points we were too naive in the second half.
“We expect more. We expect more belief. More pride.
“This is not the first time [we have played this poorly], even at home. We expected more against Chelsea.
“The next target is Thursday. We need to reanalyse and find some good.
“It’s not a good moment at all. We concede too much, we don’t score enough, we don’t create enough.
“But I want to believe in the club and myself and my teammates.
“We’ve only played 10 games in the league, but there’s too much up and down. In one game we go through so many emotions.
“We seem to always go down. Confidence is key also.”
When asked about the supporters booing at full-time, he added: “When you’re a professional you expect critics. The fans expect more from us, but this is not the moment to give up, this is the moment to stick together.