Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag says his crew nonetheless wants extra time to return collectively following Sunday’s 3-0 house defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.
United have been second-best all through the competition and the scenario was solely made worse when captain Bruno Fernandes was proven a purple card shortly earlier than half-time with the rating at 1-0.
Ten Hag has had a testing begin to the brand new marketing campaign after remaining as United supervisor following an end-of-season overview in June. This was United’s second 3-0 house loss this month, following the sport towards Liverpool on September 1. Former membership captain Gary Neville, who is part of the taskforce chargeable for exploring the regeneration of Previous Trafford, referred to as the efficiency “disgusting” on the Sky Sports activities broadcast of the sport.
“No, I’m not fascinated with this,” Ten Hag replied when requested if he feared the United hierarchy could look to make a managerial change within the wake of the Spurs end result.
“All of us made in togetherness this determination to remain collectively, as possession group, management group in the summertime, additionally we made the choice, after a transparent overview, what we’ve got to enhance as an organisation and the way to assemble a squad.
Fernandes will miss United’s subsequent three league video games after his purple card (Paul Ellis/AFP through Getty Pictures)
“All selections made in togetherness, additionally understanding it could take a while, given how window went, some gamers late in, like Ugarte, we have to combine him, group, accidents.
“We want a while, we’re all there on one web page, one boat, the possession, the management group, the employees, gamers too.”
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United went 1-0 down within the third minute with Brennan Johnson changing from shut vary after a defence-splitting run from centre-back Micky van de Ven. Fernandes was despatched off simply earlier than the break for a problem which was deemed severe foul play, with fellow midfielder Kobbie Mainoo withdrawn for Mason Mount shortly after attributable to harm.
Spurs doubled their lead early within the second half as Dejan Kulusevki poked him Johnson’s deflected cross. Dominic Solanke scored his third objective in as many video games within the 77th minute to wrap the sport up, with the Englishman’s strike triggering many followers to go away Previous Trafford. Boos rang out on the last whistle.
The end result leaves United twelfth within the Premier League desk with solely two wins from their opening six matches. They’re winless of their final three video games, with the Spurs defeat coming after a goalless draw at Crystal Palace and final Wednesday’s 1-1 house draw with FC Twente within the Europa League.
United return to Europa League motion on Thursday with a visit to Porto. They then journey to Aston Villa subsequent Sunday for his or her last league sport earlier than the October worldwide break.
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