Parker says that ManUtd's loss against Sheffield was expected

With

accepting the 2-1 defeat against

,

Paul Parker

expresses his opinion about this and says that Manchester United did not expect a defeat and that, as Parker says, is the reason they lost the match.

He said:

"If Manchester United were as assured and professional as they should be, then they simply would not have been beaten at home by Sheffield United. It just shouldn’t happen. You don’t do that as title challengers.

You have to get over the line every game, however you do it. Confident sides at the top of their game deliver on that.

"Clubs that have the self-belief and consistency will be able to grind out results when things get tough, but when United put in displays like that then it's just not possible for them to justify being top of the league. Manchester City are ahead of them for a reason.

"With United’s away form, the focus should be on the fact that they keep on going behind. Yes, they keep coming back, but it’s not a good sign that they have to keep doing that.

"It’s a positive to be able to do it every so often, on the odd occasion you fall back. You can only recover like that so many times, and this time their luck ran out.

"This result has been in the post. For Sheffield United, it’s testament to the fact that while they’ve been on the wrong end of defeats so far this season, only rarely have they been well beaten."

He added:

"United seemed a little complacent. It seemed like at 1-1 they assumed it would be destined that they would eventually win, but they let it go again with some slack defending.

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