Lewis Dunk’s first goal of the season made it 2-1, but Marcus Rashford soon restored United’s two-goal lead, as Potter’s men dropped to 11th after their fifth defeat of the season.
He said, “We’re disappointed; Manchester United were the better team and I suppose the only crumb of comfort we have is that we got our goal to make it 2-1, and if we had kept it like that a bit longer, maybe we could have snatched something.
“But we weren’t good enough to stay in the game, and overall I don’t think we deserved anything. We will get better for the experience and move on.
“It’s a bit of lesson for us playing against that type of quality. We had a decent group of matches before this one, so we’ll have to dust ourselves down now and be ready for the next match against Leicester.”
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Albion had started the game above United in the table, but Potter was always wary of their threat, and paid little attention to the two club’s respective standings ahead of the game.
“It is dangerous to judge a game by the table. If you look at Manchester United’s front three, they are so fast, particularly in transition, and can destabilise you quickly.
“You can have possession and then suddenly find yourself defending your box quickly. It’s something we have to learn from and get better at. We didn’t cause them enough problems.”
After the international break, Albion return to the Amex on 23rd November to take on Leicester City, and Potter says that is his sole focus rather than looking too far ahead.
“I’m just focusing on the next match, and I’m not looking at where we’re going to be in however many months’ time.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do and there will be some bumps in the road as we go, but we’ve had some good periods as well, and we need to regroup dust ourselves down and prepare for Leicester.”