Raphael Varane has demanded that Manchester United keep fighting and not give up after their latest slip-up.
The Red Devils drew 1-1 with Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday, surrendering a lead for the third successive game.
Jadon Sancho had put Ralf Rangnick 's side 1-0 up after 21 minutes but United conceded shortly after half-time, as Saints striker Che Adams slotted home.
United huffed and puffed but could not muster a winner, leaving them outside the top four places in the Premier League, with West Ham ahead of them and Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur breathing down their necks.
Post-match, defender Varane urged his teammates to stick together and told BT Sport : "We are disappointed about the result, it is not enough for us. We have to keep pushing.
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"In last three or four games we have played much better but the result is not enough for us. We have to fight and be focused on the next game.
"It is the second time the beginning of second half has not been good enough and we concede a goal. We had good opportunities in the first half."
On the Red Devils' chances of finishing in the Champions League places, the Frenchman affirmed: "We never give up and we have to fight until the end."
Interim manager Rangnick echoed Varane's verdict, adding: "Unfortunately it was very similar to the last couple of games. A very good first half, very good first half hour.
"We did all the things we intended to do with the counter attacks ands the deep runs. We created, scored a great goal. Then we stopped doing that; at the end of the first half we didn't do those things anymore and then in the second we lost a bit of shape.
"In the first 20 minutes we were struggling to defend, that happened in transition when they scored their goal. In the last 20 minutes, we had big chances to score again, expected goals was in our favour but we didn't get the result.
"We told the players they needed to be aggressive [at half time] but in the end it is different to perform like that on the pitch."
On the other hand, Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl - a coaching student of Rangnick's - was delighted with the outcome.
"We have had Manchester City, Tottenham and Manchester United in the last three Premier League games and not lost one," Hasenhuttl noted.
"We didn't have a good first half - we were a little bit slow in the mind and in the legs. What the guys produced in the second half is impressive for me."
