Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was left fuming after his side's top four hopes suffered a major setback during their 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in Sunday's intriguing encounter.
United took the lead in the 61st minute through a well-struck effort by Jesse Lingard, but the lead was cancelled out by a equaliser late into injury-time through a scruffy Diego Costa shot from close-range. van Gaal also lost his temper after referee Michael Oliver blew his whistle to signal for full-time, midway through a United counter-attack.
Result highlights progress - despite criticism
Despite losing two points in the last few minutes of the game, it was a fantastic performance from the United side and van Gaal also felt the players played well too. Before the game, United had an awful record at Stamford Bridge - having only won once in their previous fourteen League trips against the Blues.
Even though they did not manage to hold on, they were clearly the better side against an in-form Chelsea team, who started the season off poorly but have been undefeated in England's top flight following the arrival of Guus Hiddink as interim manager until the end of the current campaign.
We have to do better, says van Gaal
In his post-match interview, van Gaal admitted the team "have to do better" in order to keep improving, although he was "happy" with their performance - also saying it was "not a boring match", something that has often been discussed when watching United play this season.
"For the third time in a row, it was sparkling. I also hope to get the support of the media this week."
United are currently six points behind local rivals Manchester City, and because their neighbours lost to leaders Leicester at home, they had a golden opportunity to close the gap even further on the sky Blues - ultimately to no avail. There are only 13 games remaining until the end of the current campaign, and although Champions League qualification is not beyond them, they'd need to maintain a good run of consistency to have much chance of being amongst Europe's elite again next term.