Herrera: All we can do is look to the future

The Reds produced a positive display in the first half at Old Trafford on Monday night, before three second-half goals ensured Spurs won.

But Herrera insists it was not all doom and gloom. "When you lose 3-0 at home, a team like Manchester United, if you didn’t watch the game, you would think it has been a disaster, but it hasn't been at all,” Ander told Sky Sports.

"We did a good 60 or 70 minutes and should have been winning 2-0 at half-time, but we didn’t. If we want to win the next game against Burnley this is the commitment we should have. The basics have been shown. This is the way we have to play if we want to win against Burnley.

"We have quality, a very big squad. We made six changes and for the first 70 minutes, we were good. It’s easy to turn things around." 

United controlled long periods of the first half and passed up some key chances before Mauricio Pochettino's side went on to win. 

"It’s easy to understand what happened," Ander told reporters after the game. "When you have 16 or 17 attempts, when you have so many opportunities to score in the first 60 or 70 minutes and you don’t do it, the opponent can score.

"The opponent can hurt you. They did it – they scored from their first corner – and what can we say?” added Herrera.

"I think the commitment, the approach, the attitude, the way we faced the game was perfect. We didn’t let them build – one of the things they do well is building up and we didn’t let them do it."

It’s difficult to swallow a defeat like this when you take on the game as we did and when you have as many chances as we had tonight. We need to keep putting the work in and the results will come.🔴 pic.twitter.com/7ROwkS9aN3

— Ander Herrera (@AnderHerrera) August 27, 2018

Herrera went on: "We made them feel uncomfortable on the pitch, we had so many crosses, lateral free-kicks, corners. They were really uncomfortable in the game and at half-time, it was incredible we were not winning the game.

"But football is like this: when you don’t do it, when you have so many chances and you don’t score, and you are playing against a top team, this can happen. They can score from their first corner as they have the quality to cross and head the ball.

"The only thing we can do is look to the future and the next game. If we approach the game against Burnley the same way, with the same attitude and winning mentality, normally we should win the game. So we can take good things [from Spurs] for the next game."