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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has bizarrely claimed that the workforce’s loss by the hands of Crystal Palace was out of the blue and out of character, regardless of the membership’s extraordinarily poor kind this season.
United suffered their thirteenth defeat of the Premier League marketing campaign in a 4-0 battering vs. Palace at Selhurst Park.
A brace from Michael Olise and objectives from Jean-Phillipe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell piled additional distress on Ten Hag, who’s already beneath intense stress.
United have been poor once more and have been outdone in nearly each division by Oliver Glasner’s males.
After the sport, Ten Hag spoke to reporters and gave his verdict on his gamers’ efficiency and what went improper for the workforce in London.
Ten Hag mentioned in his press convention, “It’s very disappointing. Undoubtedly, the worst defeat [of the season]. We should always have executed higher. The workforce efficiency was not appropriate, making large errors and never following the plan or the script or the foundations now we have. After all, additionally particular person errors however then we must always cowl one another and we didn’t. We let one another down and then you definitely get the worst defeat.”
When requested whether or not the defeat was out of the blue for United, he responded, “Truly sure, as a result of that is the fourth defeat in 2024. Thus far you’ve gotten all the time seen a workforce that was following the script and that’s why we didn’t get quite a lot of wins however we have been arduous to beat and in the present day we have been straightforward to beat.”
He insisted that every one the gamers in his ranks are dedicated to him and need him to succeed. “I’m certain that they’ve the appropriate intentions they usually have been keen from the beginning however as soon as we have been enjoying, we didn’t carry out. People didn’t carry out and as a workforce, we didn’t carry out.”
Ten Hag admitted that Jonny Evans was not totally match and was rushed again into the motion due to the membership’s harm disaster within the defensive division.
The Dutchman remarked, “Undoubtedly not [Evans wasn’t ready]. Enormous respect to Jonny that he stepped in however he wasn’t prepared to enter this sport. He solely had two days of coaching and so that’s one instance. He performed for 90 minutes and that’s actually a reward that he did this however after all, he can’t play to the degrees that he usually does.”
Ten Hag doubled down on his assertion that United have solely tasted defeat on 4 events for the reason that begin of 2024 and likewise known as on all concerned with the membership to have religion.
He was put to the duty on the place the idea ought to come from. He answered, “As I mentioned, we’ve solely had 4 defeats up to now and all season we’ve had large issues within the backline particularly. On a regular basis there was a workforce with combating spirit and arduous to beat. As I mentioned, in the present day we have been straightforward to beat.”
The 54-year-old coach urged his gamers to emulate the drive and “combating spirit” demonstrated by the United away followers, who have been good of their assist of the workforce even in very tough circumstances.
Up subsequent for United is Arsenal at Previous Trafford this weekend.
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