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Erik ten Hag has demanded that his “mad” Manchester United gamers use final weekend’s devastating loss in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur as motivation to beat Porto.
United are set to face Porto on the Estádio do Dragão on Thursday, of their second group match of the 2024/25 Europa League marketing campaign.
The Purple Devils will probably be heading into the match on the again of a humiliating 0-3 loss by the hands of Tottenham Hotspur final weekend.
United had been second-best for a lot of the match and had been rightfully overwhelmed in entrance of the Previous Trafford crowd.
For the reason that defeat, Ten Hag and his gamers have discovered themselves beneath immense strain and something wanting a convincing win in opposition to Porto is unlikely to appease supporters, who’re rising more and more pissed off with the crew’s progress beneath the Dutchman.
Forward of the assembly vs. Porto, Ten Hag told reporters that there should be a response to final weekend’s horrible end result.
He stated, “All the time, when we’re not profitable we’re dissatisfied and we’re additionally mad with ourselves.”
“We’re mad, mad with ourselves, particularly while you lose a recreation like Sunday… however it’s a must to take care of it. We’re mad, and from the insanity we now have to get motivation.”
On how outcomes can enhance, Ten Hag remarked, “Everybody has to take duty and that begins with me because the supervisor. However on the pitch we now have management abilities and so they have to face up. Each recreation for us is essential and each opponent is 100% motivated. Now we have to be able to compete and battle with them.”
The United supervisor was requested in regards to the new management crew, whilst hypothesis over his place at Previous Trafford continues.
“We speak on a regular basis. We’re a union and we made that dedication in the summertime. We refreshed the workers and I appointed my assistants, I appointed the workers. I did this. We refreshed the squad as effectively.”
“This membership desires to be again on prime and it’s a long-term goal. We speak on daily basis. Every single day we consider and evaluate the method and the place needed we make our choices.”
On his conversations with sporting director Dan Ashworth, Ten Hag said, “It’s not needed to offer me confidence. We speak on daily basis about how we will enhance this membership, this crew, enhance the processes, the procedures, the connections. That’s what we discuss.”
He urged his gamers to stay to the plan even when issues get powerful on the pitch.
“Is one recreation [Tottenham]. In a single recreation there’s a evaluate of what we might have executed higher, for example after conceding so rapidly a aim which shouldn’t occur, it’s a must to hold calm and composed and keep within the recreation and keep on with the plan. We will enhance positively.”
On whether or not the gamers have perception, the 54-year-old coach emphasised, “I’ve seen so many video games on Sunday the place we’re utterly assured. Metropolis within the FA Cup and Group Defend, you see the crew have such a fantastic perception within the plan and in one another.”
“If we didn’t create possibilities and we create a variety of possibilities, the third highest xG within the Premier League. Now we have to enhance the ultimate third and within the field recreation, be extra killers there. Our strikers are able to doing this.”
Ten Hag gave an harm replace on Mason Mount, who was not a part of the travelling squad to face Porto. The United gaffer divulged that Mount is at present coping with two accidents – a head problem and a knock that he picked up.
Ten Hag additionally stated that he expects Luke Shaw to make his return to motion after the October worldwide break however probably not the primary match at residence in opposition to Brentford.
Mason Mount picked up a knock, in addition to a head harm, so he’s carrying two accidents.
Ten Hag hopes Shaw will probably be again after the internationals however probably not the primary recreation at residence to Brentford. #mufc— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) October 2, 2024
Porto vs. United kicks off at 20:00 BST.
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