Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has known as on his stars to step as much as the plate and lead the crew out of the troublesome scenario they discover themselves in. He additionally addressed rumors about his future, saying he and the Man Utd hierarchy had been on the identical “long-term journey”.
Erik ten Hag Desires Manchester United Superstars To Take Duty
Essentially the most profitable crew in English soccer historical past, Manchester United have been effectively under their finest this season. They’ve amassed a mere seven factors from six Premier League matches and are toiling in thirteenth place within the Premier League rankings. The Pink Devils additionally performed poorly within the UEFA Europa League opener final week, drawing 1-1 with FC Twente at Outdated Trafford.
On the again of Sunday’s (September 29) disappointing 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League, the Mancunians journey to Estadio do Dragao for his or her UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 conflict with FC Porto on Thursday, October 3. Ten Hag is aware of he can not afford to lose this recreation, and has urged gamers like Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Lisandro Martinez, and Matthijs de Ligt to guide by instance.
Talking to the press forward of the Porto conflict, the Dutchman stated (through The Mirror):
“Everybody has to take accountability and that begins with me as a supervisor. However in fact it’s additionally on the pitch, with the gamers you point out, however possibly additionally others who’ve management expertise.
“They’ve to face up and each recreation is essential for us. We all know each opponent is at all times one hundred pc motivated, so we now have to be prepared as a crew and as people, to compete and to combat with them. You then want some leaders on the pitch who can information the method in any recreation.”
Ten Hag Seemingly Not Apprehensive About His Future
There was plenty of hypothesis recently about Ten Hag’s future, however the former Ajax coach is admittedly on good phrases with the board.
“We discuss day by day and we’re on a standard journey, an settlement we made in the summertime. We had the dialogue, we had the assessment, we made our selections, we refreshed and we reset the employees,” he added on his future.
“It’s a long-term journey, we went within the boat and we met on the identical web page in the summertime, so we are going to hold going within the course of and we are going to discuss day by day. Day by day we are going to consider, assessment the method the place it’s needed, and we are going to make our selections. It’s not essential what’s exterior, it’s solely essential what’s inner, and internally we’ve simply be coping with the defeat to Tottenham and nothing else.”
After the Europe League assembly with Porto, United will journey to Villa Park for his or her Premier League Matchday 7 conflict with Aston Villa on Sunday, October 6. Contemporary off their historic 1-0 win over Bayern Munich, Unai Emery’s Villa will fancy inflicting one other defeat on the underperforming Man Utd.
