Erik ten Hag shared his view on his side’s embarrassing 6-3 loss to Manchester City.
Manchester United were outclassed in every department by a dominant City side, who look favourites to retain the Premier League title.
A hat trick for Phil Foden and Erling Haaland sealed the game for the home side, who were just too good for United.
United’s second-half performance was much better, but it was too late; the damage had already been done.
Ten Hag spoke to the media after the match:
“I am surprised why we didn’t bring it on the pitch, I have seen a different team and spirit, and we did not look convinced. I have to talk to my players and find out why.”
Ten Hag: “I am surprised why we didn’t bring it on the pitch, I have seen a different team, spirit and we did not look convinced. I have to talk to my players and find out why.” [sky]
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“I will show the team tomorrow we could have been on the front foot. In the first goal, we won the ball and could have created a chance and gave it away. That is unacceptable.”
“It’s quite simple; it’s a lack of belief. When you don’t believe on the pitch, you can’t win games; that is unacceptable. We get undisciplined at following rules, and you get hammered; that’s happened today.”
“At half-time, we changed things, and we changed attitude.”
“We saw a different Man Utd after half-time, and we scored goals, we created some more.”
“On the ball, we were more brave, came in the opponent’s half, and scored three goals.”
“In this moment, I can’t think about the positives. We let our fans down and ourselves down, and we’re hugely disappointed.”
Ten Hag: “In this moment I can’t think about positives. We let our fans down, we let ourselves down and we’re hugely disappointed.” [bbc]
— utdreport (@utdreport) October 2, 2022
United must pick themselves up, as there are plenty of games to look forward to this month.
