Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim has demanded improvement from his players despite the 4-0 win against Everton on Sunday.
The Portuguese earned his first Premier League win as the manager of the club at Old Trafford following a brace from Marcus Rashford, and Joshua Zirkzee.
It was the biggest margin of victory for a permanent manager in their first home match in the competition for the club.
The Red Devils made its second win in a week following a 3-2 win over Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League on Thursday.
Amorim admitted that the team was up and down like a rollercoaster, and demanded improvement in the subsequent games.
He said: “The result was good but we were pragmatic. It was not pretty but we were pragmatic. We did our job, which is to win,” Amorim said.
“You can feel that we have a long way to go. You can feel that in the first few minutes when we were OK, but then Everton controlled the game. Then we got the goals iatthe right moment and that changed the game.
“You can’t just focus on the result, you have to focus on the way the result appeared. Like before the game, we have so much to do, but it is better to work with victories. Let’s focus on the performance more than the result.
“You can feel it during the game. It isn’t a line of top performances, it is a rollercoaster of performances.
“We have some moments when we are good, but then we have moments when we have to suffer. We did it again, like in the Europa League. We need time to train and improve. It is better to work with victories.”
Everton have now failed to score a goal in each of their last four Premier League matches, with their last goal coming on October 26th (v Fulham).
Everton coach Sean Dyche blamed individual mistakes for the heavy defeat.
He said: “Early in the season there were too many mistakes and that was the same today. In the first 32 minutes, I thought we looked a good outfit, we looked progressive,” Dyche started.
“We played well and opened them up. One mistake led to another mistake, and before you know it you’re 2-0 down and then a third one straight after kick-off and that is my biggest gripe.
“It goes to show if you don’t stay tuned in all the time it doesn’t work for you and that was the case today.
“We’ve eradicated some mistakes from the start of the season. It is very difficult when you make such glaring individual mistakes. It is a very difficult task.
“This has to get parked quickly. I don’t expect our team to make so many mistakes again. They are well versed in this scenario, it has been here for three or four years at this club.”
The Red Devils moved up to ninth on the Premier League log with 19 points from 19 games, while Everton have 11 points from 13 games to sit in the 15th position.