Donny van de Beek gives impressions of Man Utd playing style after first defeat

Donny van de Beek appeared far from impressed with what he saw from his Manchester United teammates as his home debut ended in defeat to Crystal Palace.

The £40m summer signing from Ajax started on the bench, but was introduced to the fold by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after 67 minutes with United 1-0 down.

He made a positive impression, hitting back with a goal after Palace had made it 2-0 with a controversial penalty, but ultimately he was unable to prevent a 3-1 defeat.

And speaking after the game he bemoaned the speed of United’s build-up play, insisting they must do better in the future.

“My first match for the club and then you want to win,” Van de Beek said. “It doesn’t matter how you want to win.

“I’m really disappointed that we lose 3-1 at home. I think it’s really bad.

“Yeah (we did not have as much match sharpness as Palace) but last week in training we did really well.

“We trained good, so my feeling was really positive. But, yeah, today we played too slowly.

“We went too long with the ball and I think against an opponent like Crystal Palace you need to speed up the game to create something. That was not good enough.”

Van de Beek took no consolation in his goal, and is clearly far from satisfied with how his debut went.

“To play for all the fans in stadiums like this it’s more nice to score,” he added.

“But still I scored but we lose and this is the most important thing, that we win. We lose but it’s always really nice to play for a club like this.

“I made my first game and I hope to help the team and next time that we win, for sure.”