Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick was left frustrated by their second-half fade-out for their 1-1 draw with Southampton.
Rangnick insists his halftime message was the right one.
He said, "Well, on the one hand, we also have to respect the other team. Southampton played well, they played with the same intensity and tactical approach that they did against Tottenham, so this is not an easy team to play against. But yes, again, we lost a little bit of composure, we made some wrong decisions, sometimes under pressure, sometimes not under pressure.
"This is where we have to get better, whenever we prepare the team for the next possible game. As I said in the last four or five games, we started extremely well, we had an excellent half-hour again today but, in the end, it's about playing that way for more than just one half."
"We told them exactly that, that we have to be aggressive, that we have to be compact, that we shouldn't give them any space where they could move into and play their transitional football. That's exactly what we told them, obviously. In the end, it's a different thing to perform like that on the pitch."
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