Cesc Fabregas reveals one major regret after Como thrash Manchester United

Como manager Cesc Fabregas (Credits: Cerberus Sport/Shutterstock)

Cesc Fabregas admitted he was left with one major regret after watching his Como side destroy Manchester United last night.

The Italian side enjoyed arguably the biggest victory in their history as they marked their maiden Champions League campaign with a thoroughly deserved 4-1 victory.

Nico Paz produced a stellar man of the match display which included two goals and assist as he lay waste to a bedraggled United team which has now won just two of its 11 games in all competitions this season.

Jacobo Ramon put the home side four goals to the good 14 minutes from the end, after which Fabregas revealed he instructed his team to take their foot off the pedal with their upcoming match against Sassuolo this weekend in mind.

That lack of intensity in the closing stages contributed to the concession of Joshua Zirkzee’s meaningless consolation goal but, ever the perfectionist, Fabregas confessed to his mistake.

He said: ‘I regret the last ten minutes because I was the one who told the team to slow down the tempo because there’s another match and at 4-0 we could manage things a little.

‘I told the players to stop running and stay in the middle and that is something I regret because I’m the first to always push them to fight until the end.

Nico Paz scored two goals for Como against Man Utd (Credits: Cerberus Sport/Shutterstock)

‘Their goal hurt me because we dropped our intensity and dropped our defensive block, but it was my fault.’

‘It’s a special night, but we are still at the beginning for everything we have in our minds,” Fabregas told Sky Sport Italia after full-time.

‘The team played well this evening, but we need to keep our feet on the ground and remember there is another match coming up on Saturday.

‘I want to dedicate the win to one of our kit staff, he knows why.’