Sir Alex Ferguson
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has criticized his team for failing to kill off games and has said that Chelsea have had an easy ride with the fixture list so far this season.
Manchester United find themselves in third spot in the Premier League, trailing leaders Chelsea by five points. Ferguson blames his side's lack of ruthlessness.
He is quoted in The Sun saying, "This present team does not kill off sides as well as they should - that's the one area where I would like to see an improvement.
"At Fulham we missed a penalty with three minutes to go, which would have made it 3-1 and put the game out of sight. We threw points away there.
"And then it was even worse at Everton, where we threw away two goals in injury time. That's unthinkable.
"We were wasteful and ultimately paid the price."
Ferguson also said that he is not worried by a lack of goals, commenting "We haven't had a problem scoring goals - we got three against Liverpool, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. That suggests we don't have a difficulty finding the net."
He also indicated that he expects Manchester United to make up ground on Chelsea with the Blues having enjoyed relatively straightforward fixtures so far.
Ferguson said, "If you look at Chelsea 's start to the season, you'd have expected them to have won all those games.
"Meanwhile, we've had tricky trips to Fulham and Everton and played Liverpool at home."