Erik ten Hag has hit back at Jamie Carragher's "subjective" analysis of Manchester United on Monday Night Football.
United's four-game winning run in the Premier League ended on Saturday with a 2-1 home defeat to Fulham, keeping them eight points adrift of the Champions League places.
Sky Sports' Carragher highlighted why recent results have masked the problems with Ten Hag's system, which has left them so susceptible defensively even when winning games.
But Ten Hag fired back at Carragher's analysis ahead of their FA Cup fifth-round tie at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, saying: "Some analysts are objective in their comments, [offer] very good advices, some are very subjective - Jamie Carragher is one of them.
"For the first moment he is criticising and now he wants to make his point. In the first half an hour [vs Fulham] he had a point. Fulham surprised with their midfield setup and we had to find a solution. We did after half an hour.
"I wasn't pleased with the defensive performance, especially down the left side and that has everything to do with willingness, spirit and passion. That was good in previous weeks, therefore we won football games.
"Footballers are not robots, sometimes they have bad days. It was unacceptable and we have to do better tomorrow.
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