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Erik ten Hag is adamant Manchester United are heading in the right direction despite their 15th defeat of the season to Fulham.
United's five-match winning run ended with a 2-1 home reverse by Fulham, who won at Old Trafford for the first time since October 2003.
The result leaves United eight points behind the fourth Champions League qualifying place in the Premier League table with 12 games remaining.
"I'm not that opportune after one defeat," Ten Hag stressed. "You have to see the bigger picture and the bigger picture looks very good.
"We have to catch up in certain positions, get the injuries back and then we will be in more balance. That is one thing and also strengthen the squad, and strengthen the squad in the transfer windows.
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"You see there are many good players coming up, real high-potential players, so they will be getting better and better. So definitely we are in the right direction. When we have the players in the squad available we have a good team."
United have lost 10 times in the Premier League this season and Fulham's victory was their eighth home loss across all competitions - their most since the 1973-74 season when the club was relegated to Division Two.
Ten Hag felt United were destabilised by the enforced withdrawal of Casemiro after a clash of heads with Harrison Reed in the 53rd minute.
"We have seen that we have done lately very good," Ten Hag opined, "now we have some setbacks. Today, we could've won this game, we should've won this game. The team showed great character.
"We had two slow starts in both halves. Second half,
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