Erik ten Hag has hit out at his Manchester United players for failing to run and compete in final Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
The Red Devils had possibilities to attain within the first half and have been stage at half-time, solely to collapse and lose to objectives from Pape Sarr and an personal objective from Lisandro Martinez.
It was a well-recognized story for United on the highway, with their surprising finish of season away type nearly undermining their push for Champions League qualification final season.
And chatting with the media forward of United’s dwelling sport with Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford, Ten Hag made his emotions completely clear over the place the players went mistaken at Spurs.
“They didn’t run,” the Dutchman mentioned. “They run in the wrong moments, too late – especially the front. They didn’t recover. It happened, you can’t turn it around. It’s a demand here if you want to win games.
“For the primary 35 minutes, we have been so good within the sport. We dominated completely. We ought to’ve scored minimal as soon as, I believe twice. They have been nowhere, nothing. And then issues occurred within the sport and so they bought distracted, not doing your jobs anymore. I’m not used to it from this group as a result of they all the time do it. It’s what the followers can anticipate and what we demand.
“Those games over the full course, we didn’t match the standards. We beat Wolves, the first 35 minutes very good at Spurs. But the demand at United is you do it for 90 minutes every game no matter what.”
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Ten Hag additionally shouldered the duty for United’s efficiency, admitting he is equally responsible, however bolstered his perception that the players finally have the standard to select up wins.
“Oh yeah (they accepted the criticism). We are in the same boat. I’m responsible for it, me as well. We have to do it with togetherness and to face the first two games [that] weren’t good enough,” he added.
“If we do the right things, we have a very good team. If everyone is doing their job we’ll win games.”
The different standout matter from Ten Hag’s media duties was answering how lengthy Luke Shaw could also be out injured for. The 28-year-old has picked up a muscle harm that’s anticipated to sideline him for a quantity of weeks, plunging United into defensive disarray as different left-back Tyrell Malacia can also be out.
Speaking on whether or not or not United will look to make a signing, he mentioned: “It can be (that United sign a left-back). I think we always have to anticipate on situations. If there are opportunities then yes, but it has to be the right player otherwise we have to deal with the current squad.”
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