Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles admitted a third league defeat in three has left them in a “tough situation” after losing 1-0 to Millwall.
The Blades have lost all four games this season, including in the Carabao Cup against Birmingham City, and find themselves bottom of the Championship.
“Right now we are in a tough situation,” Selles told BBC Radio Sheffield. “We need to start to show a bit more especially in the beginnings of the game. We can’t wait to go behind before we start our game.
“I am not about to open the book of excuses. It is me as the first one to do my job better it is always like that. After analysing my performance and what I want to do with the team comes the rest.
“We created enough situations but it is about how we do it. We have the quality and the positions but sometimes football is like that.”
“It’s a tough one to take. In the first half we were not the team we want to be. The second half was completely different and we played a game of football. We created situations to score and recognise the team we want to be.
“I didn’t change a bit in the half time. It was our application that changed.”