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van Persie: Man Utd players held inquest into Leicester collapse

Manchester United forward Robin van Persie revealed the team held a clear-the-air meeting following their dramatic 5-3 defeat at Leicester City last weekend. The Dutch striker said the confrontational hour-long inquest focused on the defensive errors that allowed Nigel Pearson's newly promoted side to score four goals in the final 28 minutes at the King Power Stadium.

"It shouldn't be possible," the Dutchman told Fox Sports News.

"But it still happened. We have to deal with it. We had a proper look at it next day. Sometimes it was a bit confronting and it was a long meeting. One hour [or] something.

"We went from there, started again this week [and have put] a couple of really good sessions in. Everyone feels ready to face West Ham."

"When you look at the defensive mistakes, it starts somewhere else," he added. "That's where we looked at as well. It's not just the one mistake which happens. There's a mistake before the mistake and before the mistake, maybe positional wise. Everyone knows where we have to improve."

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