Ralf Rangnick admits Manchester United are struggling to master a balance under his management following the 1-0 defeat to Wolves.
United suffered their sixth Premier League loss of their campaign and first since Rangnick took interim charge a month ago to still leave them seventh in the Premier League table.
Rangnick's appointment initially sparked a reaction from the United players but they have struggled to convince in almost all of his six games as manager.
Wolves switched to a back three under new coach Bruno Lage this season and the formation caused United problems in an error-strewn first-half that convinced Rangnick to switch to a defensive trident in the second.
Despite a brief spell of dominance where substitute Bruno Fernandes hit the crossbar, United failed to breach Wolves and Joao Moutinho struck a deserved 82nd-minute winner.
"I knew it would be a difficult job," Rangnick stressed. "There was a reason why they contacted me and signed me, so I knew from the start it would not be an easy job to find the best possible balance with regards to the players we have offensively and defensively.
"It was important for me we don't concede that many goals. But again today against a good team, one of the better teams in possession of the ball and not an easy team to create chances [against] ourselves, it still showed we are struggling and we have quite a few steps to take.
"As I said, it's always a question of balance, how do you need to create chances offensively and how compact do you have to be to defend your own goal? And this is what it's all about. Finding the best possible players for the formation and hoping every player plays in his best possible position."
Rangnick added to Sky Sports: "We didn’t press at all. We tried but we were not able to get into those pressing situations. They had an overload in midfield and they played via their wing-backs.
"In the second-half, we changed to a back three and had more control, then a spell of 15 minutes where we could have scored. The goal we conceded, we had enough players in the box. The cross had been defended by [Phil] Jones but the goal we conceded was like too many this season."
