Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has stated he was “not blissful” together with his facet’s defending throughout a 3-0 pre-season defeat to Liverpool during which he withdrew 4 gamers by way of accidents.
United suffered their third defeat in 5 build-up matches, falling behind to Fabio Carvalho’s Tenth-minute opener earlier than Curtis Jones doubled the Reds’ benefit 26 minutes later and Konstantinos Tsimikas added a 3rd 16 minutes after the break.
Jonny Evans was taken off at half-time due to sickness, whereas fellow defenders Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof and Will Fish have been additionally changed because of bodily points.
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“With Will Fish, it’s an influence damage,” Ten Hag advised MUTV, including that precautionary causes have been behind Lindelof’s departure and Harry Maguire being unnoticed solely. “We now have to see how unhealthy [the situation] might be. That’s a part of membership soccer. Pre-season is all the time robust.”
A comeback win over Actual Betis on Thursday was United’s solely victory of their US tour, having additionally misplaced 2-1 to Arsenal of their opening match of the journey.
Rasmus Hojlund is anticipated to be out for six weeks and new signing Leny Yoro for 3 months with accidents they sustained towards the Gunners.
Man United vs Liverpool: Reds cruise
United had 18 of the 27 makes an attempt between the groups towards Liverpool and eight of the 13 efforts heading in the right direction. “Liverpool are an excellent facet, very aggressive with numerous goalscoring skills,” stated Ten Hag.
“They did very properly. There have been good bits and the primary purpose is necessary. I’ve seen optimistic bits however I’m not pleased with the best way we concede targets.”
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Ten Hag stated 21-year-old centre-back Fish had made “massive steps” through the tour however “has to enhance”. The Dutchman was additionally impressed by the attendance of 77,000 at South Carolina’s Williams–Brice Stadium.
United US tour ‘nice’
“It was satisfying,” stated Ten Hag. “The togetherness made a superb ambiance. The group and workers have accomplished a fantastic job. We’re more than happy with all the trouble they’ve put in. We’ve labored on our recreation mannequin. You study loads about your workforce.”
United return to England to satisfy Manchester Metropolis, who they beat within the FA Cup last on Might 25, within the Neighborhood Defend on Saturday (3pm).
They start their Premier League marketing campaign at house to Fulham on August 16 (8pm), when they’ll hope to keep away from a repeat of their last-gasp defeat to the Cottagers at Previous Trafford in February.
