Herrera Cannot Fathom Dropped Points

Ander Herrera was at a loss to explain how Manchester United did not beat Stoke City on Sunday afternoon.

The Reds dominated from the first minute but spurned some glorious chances when being held to a 1-1 draw by the struggling Potters. Substitute Anthony Martial's effort was cancelled out by Joe Allen's close-range equaliser to frustrate the majority of the fans inside Old Trafford.

"We cannot believe we did not win this game," Herrera told MUTV. "I think we played even better than against Leicester as we created maybe 10 or 11 chances in front of their keeper [Lee Grant]. He was their best player and that says everything. I think our fans can be proud as we did everything and tried to win.

"This is football. I believe, when you play good, you have more chances to win. I have that thought - you should play good if you want to win but this time it was not like that. I hope this is not going to happen again. When we play as well as we did, we can win maybe 6-0 or 7-0. It was unbelievable we did not win but I cannot say too much. I don't know what to say to our fans but we have to accept it and keep working.

"If we had scored the second, we would have killed the game but we didn't. After that, it was a very unlucky moment. A deflection and the ball was very difficult for David [De Gea]. He tries to throw the ball out and there are then three players against Jon Walters, even with three players, the ball went up and I don't know how. It hit the bar instead of going out - it stayed in and we were very unlucky."

Of course, there are 15 days until the Reds are in action again with a trip to Liverpool coming up after another international break.

"It's a big game for us," added Herrera. "For our fans - away to Liverpool. We had a good example last time when we didn't come back well after an international break and now we have a chance to fix it. We can say that. We have a chance to avoid that moment. 

"We are going to try. I think it's good playing on a Monday as all our South American players have more time to recover and get back in the team. We have to keep working."