Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted that his side "shouldn't be considered title-chasers" after dropping two points in the 3-3 draw with Everton.
United twice led in the match, with goals from Edinson Cavani, Bruno Fernandes and Scott McTominay putting them on course for an impressive victory.
But Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored a 95th-minute equaliser to snatch a draw for Carlo Ancelotti's side, after Abdoulaye Doucoure and James Rodriguez had equalised after half time.
The result means United have missed the chance to draw level on points with Manchester City, who have two games in hand and play Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.
"We're not talking about winning titles," Solskjaer told Sky Sports after the game.
"We've come a long way this team. We shouldn't even be considered as title-chasers.
"That's one for you [the media] - we've got to be better as a team and let's see where we end up. Going forward, we need to stop conceding easy goals.
"They had three shots that hit between the goals and they scored three goals. It's disappointing. And when it's in the last minute of added time it's very disappointing. I wouldn't blame anyone on the goals but we know we can defend better."
Solskajer also bemoaned the amount of time added on, with Everton scoring in the fifth minute of injury time after four were signalled.
"Why was there were four minutes? That's beyond me," Solskjaer added. "All we had to do was get the ball in the corner and see it out. But we didn't.
"We didn't deserve to be 2-0 up at half time - we scored fantastic goals but we dilly-dallied too much. We had possession but it was too slow.
"After they scored we played some very good stuff. We should have seen it off by scoring the fourth. I think the front four played well and caused them problems but that wasn't the problem.
"Results create the mood and the last kick of the ball makes us go home really disappointed as we've lost two points on a long thump through the middle which we should have defended better.
"But if you look at the overall performance the second half was good."
