Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has urged his side to change their mentality following their 3-2 defeat against leaders Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday evening.

Eddie Nketiah scored in the last few minutes at the Emirates to give the Premier League leaders a dramatic victory to open a five-point lead over Manchester City.

Marcus Rashford put the away team ahead in the first half in London, but Nketiah quickly tied the game.

In the second half, England forward Bukayo Saka put the home team ahead. Then, Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez scored United’s first goal with a looping header.

But United couldn’t stand up to the constant pressure from Arsenal, and they lost for the first time in any competition since early November.

Ten Hag was upset because he couldn’t use the important midfielder Casemiro because he was suspended. He said there were too many mistakes to talk about.

“It was like a pack of cards with the goals we conceded,” said the Dutchman, pointing out that the first two started with corners.

“At this moment I’m annoyed and I also told the players ‘if you want to win trophies, titles, we have to change our mentality’ because it’s not possible that you are in a top game and you’re making three such big mistakes where you concede goals, especially the last goal.

“You have to feel the game on that point. A point was the maximum and you have to take the point and you can’t give such a goal away like we did at the top level.”