Ten Hag pointed out the cause of the Red Devils team’s defeat to Manchester City
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag can’t accept the players’ lack of confidence and courage. As a result, they suffered an embarrassing 6-3 defeat to Manchester City in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, October 2.
Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, who is responsible for this devastating defeat has explained the reason that It was because his team members lacked confidence. He told the BBC, “Since we don’t have confidence in the field. We would not be able to win the competition. And that is unacceptable.”
“We still lack the discipline to play with each other systematically. In the end, we were smashed. That’s what happened today. All credit goes to Man City, but it doesn’t depend entirely on Man City, it’s because our performance is really bad, the confidence as each of our players and as a team it. is a very important part.”
“In the first half We started to change a lot. And our attitudes have also changed. We saw a change at Man United where it looked different in the second half. And we can start shooting. We create more opportunities By having possession of the ball we can do it more courageously.”
“When we step into the territory of the competitors And we scored three goals in this situation. I was unable to think positively. Because we have disappointed the fans and we are very disappointed with tonight’s performance.”
According to the statistics of the game in the first half Clearly revealed that Manchester United is second to Manchester City, the kind that can’t be compared, both the percentage of possession of 62:38% and the chance of scoring 15:3, with Manchester City passing the ball into the box more than 7:2
But in the second half, the visiting team’s numbers began to move up noticeably. The Red Devils improved the situation, with statistics showing their possession percentage was second to 54:46%, scoring chances including the game 22:12 and Pass the ball into the box 10:8
As for Manchester United, they remain sixth in the Premier League standings with 12 points from seven games, while City have picked up three points, but are still in the top ten. 2nd place, which they scored, chasing the leader of the crowd like Arsenal, next to only 1 point.
