Unlike Twente, who played “the game of their life,” Erik ten Hag attacked Manchester United for not “fighting for every yard,” in the 1-1 Europa League match at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.
United lead through the first half strike by Christian Eriksen and were under control at the break.
But on 68 minutes Bart van Rooij passed Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Lisandro Martínez, and Harry Maguire while sprinting from deep inside Twente land.
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The ball got to Eriksen after Manuel Ugarte tackled the defender, but the Dane dawdled and Sam Lammers grabbed it, surged forward, and leveled.
An angry Ten Hag said: You saw it was the game of their life, they fought for every yard, we didn’t, 99% is not enough, you have to provide 100%, you have to kill the game, you have to finish it off.
We are leading 1-0, and then the team exhibits a terrible attitude. You kill the game after first pursuing the second goal.
Eriksen was also harsh. We as a team are disappointed. Although it was far from perfect at last, we wanted more. It cannot be right that they appeared to desire it more than we did. Personally, you score a goal; you believe it will be a matchwinner but it turns out otherwise.
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Ten Hag was questioned about Eriksen’s critique of the team’s psychological approach. Indeed, he remarked, “definitely a concern.”
Especially as we are really ambitious and when you have ambition you have to perform, prove the point and especially today in the second half we were too comfortable, we didn’s carry it over the line and, as a team, you have to bring this.
I observed in many games how high our work rate is, thus I believe often the mentality of our team is really good. I have some critique for today. I am a part of the team that has to reflect as well.’s not only.
