Diogo Dalot missed an open goal in the first half of Manchester United’s defeat to West Ham (Getty)

Erik ten Hag refused to single out Diogo Dalot for his miss in Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Sunday.

United had plenty of clear chances to take the lead in the first half at the London Stadium but the best opportunity was squandered by Dalot, who missed the target with an open goal in front of him.

Crysencio Summerville went on to give West Ham the lead in the second half before Casemiro headed in United’s equaliser.

United were then left fuming in injury time when Matthijs de Ligt was harshly punished for a minor collision with Danny Ings inside the penalty area.

VAR intervened with Michael Oliver urging referee David Coote to review his on-field decision, which was subsequently changed to a penalty kick.
Jarrod Bowen then stepped up to beat Andre Onana from the spot to seal West Ham’s 2-1 victory.

Manchester United were punished in injury time as Matthijs de Ligt gave away a penalty to set up West Ham’s 2-1 win (PA)

When asked about Dalot’s miss in his post-match press conference, Ten Hag said: ‘Yeah, but I can also say Alejandro Garnacho twice, Rasmus Hojlund one time, Rashford, Bruno? it’s not fair to pick one of the players out who missed the chances when there were so many missing chances.’

When analysing Dalot’s chance for Premier League productions, Alan Shearer said: ‘We?ll be ...