Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted Manchester United did not get their tactics right in their Champions League final defeat to Barcelona.
United started brightly and had chances to break the deadlock in the opening minutes, but they were caught out by a Samuel Eto’o goal on 10 minutes and then failed to provide a response as they went down to a 2-0 defeat.
English sides have generally been able to frustrate Barca in recent seasons by adopting a defensive approach and, having lost an attacking battle with the Spanish champions, Ronaldo feels their gameplan was flawed.
“It is always bad to lose a final, but we didn’t do well,” he said.
“The tactics were not good and everything went wrong.
"We did okay in the first 10 minutes but you have to say Barcelona deserved to win."
Michael Carrick, meanwhile, has backed the players to bounce back from their first European defeat in over two years.
"We had high expectations of wanting to play well and to win but it didn’t work out for us on the night," he told MUTV.
“We started very well and made chances and if we’d scored one then maybe it would have been a different game. After that, things didn’t go right for us really. We still had opportunities to score but we just didn’t take them.
“Credit to Barcelona though – they’re a good team with good players and they deserved to win tonight. We can’t argue about that.
“We had gone unbeaten in this competition for two years and sadly it’s come to an end on the wrong night. I think we can be proud of what we’ve achieved in the last couple of years, but it’s hard to take.
“However, the club moves on, we have to move on and come back stronger next season. We’ve got to defend the Premier League title and go again in this competition.
"That’s what we’re here for.”