Donny van de Beek admits Manchester United were poor for their opening day defeat to Crystal Palace.
The game was the visitors' seventh match of 2020/21, including friendlies, and Roy Hodgson's team appeared much the sharper side throughout.
"My first day for the club and a day you want to win, it doesn't matter how you win, and I'm really disappointed that we lose 3-1 at home," lamented the former Ajax midfielder, who struck on debut. “It's really bad.
“Last week in training we did really well.
“We did really good, so my feeling was very positive, but yeah, today we played too slowly, we were too long with the ball, and I think against an opponent like Crystal Palace you need to speed up the game to create something. That was not good enough."
The 23-year-old didn't deny that it would have been nicer to net his first goal for the club in front of a packed Stretford End, but admitted he was only thinking about the team responding to the defeat.
“Yeah, to play for the fans in stadiums like this, it's more nice," he confessed. “Still I scored, but we lose and it's just the most important thing that we have to win.
“Next week we need to step up and we need to win, for our feeling. We need to step up now.
“Yes, we lost, but it's always really nice to play for a club like this. I made my first game and I hope to help the team and next time that we win, for sure."
