Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has referred to as on his stars to step as much as the plate and lead the workforce out of the troublesome state of affairs 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
Probably the most profitable workforce in English soccer historical past, Manchester United have been nicely beneath their greatest 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 Previous 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’t afford to lose this recreation, and has urged gamers like Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Lisandro Martinez, and Matthijs de Ligt to guide by instance.
Chatting with the press forward of the Porto conflict, the Dutchman mentioned (by way of The Mirror):
“Everybody has to take accountability and that begins with me as a supervisor. However after all it’s additionally on the pitch, with the gamers you point out, however perhaps additionally others who’ve management expertise.
“They’ve to face up and each recreation is necessary for us. We all know each opponent is all the time 100% motivated, so we’ve to be prepared as a workforce 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 Fearful About His Future
There was quite a lot of hypothesis recently about Ten Hag’s future, however the former Ajax coach is admittedly on good phrases with the board.
“We speak on daily basis and we’re on a typical journey, an settlement we made in the summertime. We had the dialogue, we had the evaluate, we made our selections, we refreshed and we reset the workers,” 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 preserve going within the course of and we are going to speak on daily basis. Every single day we are going to consider, evaluate the method the place it’s obligatory, and we are going to make our selections. It’s not necessary what’s exterior, it’s solely necessary 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.
