Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte has said he lacks the defensive qualities required to play centre-back after Uruguay’s loss against Peru.

Ugarte play the full 90 minutes of his nation’s World Cup qualifier on Saturday night in the centre of Marcelo Bielsa’s back three.

Losing 1-0 to Peru was quite a surprise but Uruguay’s form after finishing third at this summer’s Copa America has very poor.

Bielsa’s side beat Canada on penalties in the match for third place after losing to Colombia in a fiery semi-final.

Since then, they have drawn 1-1 at home to Guatemala and 0-0 to Paraguay, and drawn 0-0 away to Venezuela before Saturday’s defeat against Peru.

Uruguay’s next match is against Ecuador, who boast stars such as Moises Caicedo and Piero Hincapie.

That will be a very tricky encounter ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app for Bielsa, who is under pressure with Brazil and Wednesday’s opponents breathing down their necks in the South American qualifying table.

Statistics say he did well but Ugarte is not sure, saying after the result “I lack certain things as a defender”, warning Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag that playing him in a back four. He did with poor old Casemiro last season is not the best option.

“It was not a good match,” Ugarte said. “We did not play well, it was a shame because I still believe that we are much better, but the match was ugly for us.

“The dressing room was strong before the match, the atmosphere was nice, but little by little we fade and we did not show good things in the match.