‘We fight together’: Ten Hag insists Manchester United and Onana will recover | Champions League
Erik ten Hag has insisted Manchester United have the spirit and togetherness to emerge from their early season disaster after it deepened on Tuesday night time with a 3‑2 residence defeat towards Galatasaray within the Champions League.
United led twice by way of Rasmus Højlund however fell aside to lose within the closing phases, when the visiting striker Mauro Icardi additionally missed a penalty; Casemiro was despatched off after conceding it.
Ten Hag’s group have misplaced six of their opening 10 video games in all competitions, with their Champions League hopes within the stability after two defeats in two ties. Ten Hag, although, was defiant, notably when requested concerning the safety of his personal place.
“Last season went brilliant, terrific, more than we could expect but also in this project we knew there would be gaps,” the supervisor mentioned.
“We are in a really tough interval however we come out collectively, we fight collectively, we stick collectively – and that’s me, the administrators, the group. This just isn’t us. We know we will do higher.
“There aren’t any excuses. OK, now we have perhaps a little bit of an unbalanced left facet [because of injuries] however we are able to’t make the errors we’re making.
“I’ve seen a group that was actually linked, with an important spirit and they performed in phases of the sport improbable – twice up, completely in management. And swiftly we made a mistake. I do know soccer is a sport of errors however I’ve to provide teaching directions how now we have to do it with such conditions and we obtained punished.”
There have been boos at full time, which Ten Hag mentioned he may perceive. “They [the fans] can expect responsibility for this team, the performance, the result. But I have also seen a team with great spirit and also a team that was backed by a crowd from the start to the end. We are also very disappointed. That is fuel.”
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It was one other tough night time for the goalkeeper, André Onana, who performed Casemiro into hassle for the penalty and pink card, though he was not alone by way of defensive gamers who suffered.
“We are happy with our goalkeeping group,” Ten Hag mentioned. “Andre was in one semi-final of the Champions League [with Ajax], he was in the final last season [with Internazionale] so he has capabilities to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he has shown that. We have already seen in games his great capabilities, also his personality. He will bounce back.”
