Jose Mourinho faulted Manchester United's forwards for Thursday's Europa League quarterfinal first-leg draw with Anderlecht, saying they must develop a killer instinct.
United looked likely to go into the second leg at Old Trafford with a 1-0 lead thanks to Henrikh Mkhitaryan's first-half strike before Leander Dendoncker scored late to frustrate the Premier League side.
Dendoncker's header was the only shot on target of the game for the hosts, and while Mourinho called his back line "very solid," he was less complimentary of his forwards for not providing a larger cushion.
"We have to kill matches," Mourinho told BT Sport. "We had chances, control, but ... we don't score goals ... we risk.
"There was lots of space to kill, good chances. Lots of chances that we don't get because of a bad touch, sloppy touch, a flick, bad decisions in the last third. There was a team with good organisation at the back, but one mistake and we were punished.
"In my poor English I cannot find a better word [than sloppy]. You have to play more seriously. Put the performance of two or three of our attacking players together and you squeeze not much juice out of it. [Marcus] Rashford, [Jesse] Lingard, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, [Anthony] Martial. They were very similar.
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