Erik ten Hag has referred to as on his Manchester United gamers to enhance the way in which they see out matches.
The Crimson Devils conceded within the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to lose 2-1 away at Brighton on Saturday, simply two weeks after conceding an 89th-minute purpose to take their Group Protect conflict in opposition to Manchester Metropolis to penalties — with Pep Guardiola’s males triumphing 7-6 to elevate the trophy.
The truth is, for the reason that begin of the 2022/23 season (per Squawka), United have misplaced extra Premier League video games from objectives scored within the ninetieth minute onward than every other facet (6).
Man Utd should ‘enhance’ nasty late purpose behavior, says Ten Hag
There’s little doubt United have rather a lot to supply, with the likes of Joshua Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho forming the premise of a particularly thrilling assault.
Nevertheless, if Ten Hag can not get a deal with on his facet’s behavior of switching off on the finish of video games, their expertise will quantity to little or no — and will price the Dutchman his job.
Ten Hag has recognised the issue and is working laborious on an answer.
“We’ve good potential however we’ve got to maintain going till the tip as a result of the place we concede, within the Group Protect [against Manchester City], nearly in stoppage time,” Ten Hag advised reviews following the Brighton defeat (through the Manchester United web site).
“Now, in stoppage time, we concede a purpose and you need to maintain going till the tip.
“The sport is completed when the referee whistles 3 times and that’s what we didn’t do nicely. Sport administration – we must always enhance that.”
