Noussair Mazraoui feels Manchester United deserved more than the draw they got against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday.
It was not a game of great quality and was goalless at half-time, but the Red Devils looked like they may have done enough to win it after a Bruno Fernandes penalty on 70 minutes.
The lead lasted less than five minutes, though, as a Moises Caicedo volley got the away side back on level terms.
There were chances before the final whistle, with Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho both firing efforts over the bar and the spoils were shared.
It was put to Mazraoui that a draw may have been a fair result, but he was not having it, feeling that the Red Devils were the better of the two sides.
‘I don’t agree,’ Mazraoui told MUTV. ‘We fought really hard, but eventually, if you look at the game and the chances that we created, we deserved to win.
The draw leaves Manchester United 13th in the table on their worst ever start to a Premier League season with just 12 points from 10 games.
They have scored just nine goals in those 10 matches, with only Crystal Palace and Southampton scoring fewer goals so far.
The Moroccan full-back recognises that these results are simply not good enough and improvements are needed across the board.
‘I think if you look at the table now you cannot say that is where we belong, and everybody knows that,’ he said. ‘We know that we have to step up and get away from there really, really fast.
‘It is just not us. We have too much quality to be in this position.’
Interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy picked out Mazraoui as one of the standout players on Sunday, agreeing that it was disappointing that the home team could not secure all three points.
‘I felt slightly disappointed that we didn’t take the three points. This is the way forward for this group of players and I saw some excellent performances today,’ the Dutchman told Sky Sports.
‘I have to say, from the back, in the centre, that Lisandro [Martinez] and Matthijs [De Ligt] did a great job. I think Noussair Mazraoui had an excellent game and Casemiro is doing a great job.
‘Bruno took the responsibility [to take the penalty] as he was involved in all of the attacks. I don’t think anyone missed out today.’
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