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Unhappy Man Utd star tells team-mates to 'look at themselves' in fiery interview

One Manchester United star spoke candidly after his side fought to claim a late 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at Old Trafford.

Patrick Dorgu speaking in an interview.
Patrick Dorgu reacted to the wild 4-4 draw with Aston Villa. (Image: Sky Sports)

Patrick Dorgu urged his Manchester United team-mates to "look at themselves" after the draw against Aston Villa on Sunday, a result that leaves United heading into the international break sitting inside the relegation zone. Dorgu was named in a matchday squad for the first time since recovering from a muscle injury, facing Villa at Old Trafford, and marked his comeback with a goal off the bench in the second half to rescue a point.

The Denmark international netted a header from a corner in the dying seconds of added time to level at 4-4, coming shortly after a Joshua Zirkzee goal just minutes before.

The strike spared United from an eighth defeat of the season, yet they have entered the international break in a relegation spot.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Dorgu said: "I don't feel happy - we are in a bad situation. We need to fight together to get out of it. Draw better than a loss but we had the better opportunities.

"Everyone needs to look at themselves and ask if they are doing enough. We need to fight for the manager, for the club and get out of this together.

"Of course it hurts [to be in relegation zone], there's a lot of games and we need everyone to come back sharp from international break and start getting wins."

Meanwhile, Michael Carrick was highly critical of United's tendency to concede needless goals when he spoke to BBC Match of the Day. "Making it hard for ourselves," he said.

"Again, I thought a lot of the performances were very good. We made it challenging for ourselves. Mistakes that the boys knows shouldn't happen.

Patrick Dorgu after his equalising goal.
Patrick Dorgu after his equalising goal. (Image: Getty Images)

"We built our way back into the game and played well, we probably should score more than we did today. The goals are coming from individual mistakes. We need to tighten up.

"I thought we were the better team. We played some very good football and got back into the game. Two goals again put us on the back foot. In the end, we could have even won it."

When pressed on Dorgu, Carrick added: "It's good to have him and we've been careful with how we use him. He came on and made a difference.

"We need to improve the position we're in, of course we do. If we tighten up, there are a lot of things we can take forward from the last three games for sure."

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