Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged his Manchester United players to come out of the blocks quicker ahead of Saturday's clash with Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
The Norwegian made the admission after United were knocked out of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening, losing 1-0 to West Ham United.
Manuel Lanzini's close-range effort was enough to seal the win for David Moyes' side, meaning they got revenge on the Reds for Sunday's Premier League clash at the London Stadium.
Although Solskjaer will have been disappointed to see his side bow out of the competition at the third round stage for the first time since 2018, the United chief was also disappointed by the way his side started the game, proving to be sluggish in the opening ten minutes.
Aside from Cristiano Ronaldo's goal inside the opening quarter of an hour against Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League last week, United have only scored once inside the opening 30 minutes of any game this season.
With slow starts becoming a trend, Solskjaer wants to see his players come out of the blocks a lot quicker.
"The first 10 minutes we were slow, pedestrian both in possession and out of possession," Solskjaer said, as quoted by United's website.
"That is something we have to address and we do address. I wasn’t very pleased with the start at all, no. The response was great again but we can’t find ourselves in these situations and expect to get the wins that we have done, fantastically in the last year and a half.
"We need to start games better."
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