With the defeat suffered at Crystal Palace’s home, Ten Hag’s team registered negative records and fell to eighth place in the Premier League. The coach is under fire, but he should not leave until the end of the season.
The nightmare began in the 12th minute, with a goal from Michael Olise, and continued in the 40th minute, with Jean-Philippe Mateta extending the lead. Tyrick Mitchell made everything worse in the 58th minute and Michael Olise, in the 66th minute, scored twice to close the scoring. In the end, Crystal Palace beat Manchester United. which added up to an impressive set of negative records.
Erik ten Hag’s team suffered their eighth defeat of the season from the start and Defeat number 13 in the Premier League, the highest number in the club’s history. Manchester United have conceded 81 goals in all competitions since the start of the season, the highest figure since 1976/77, and only Nottingham Forest have lost more away games by a difference of four or more goals in the season. 2023/24. You Red Devils They currently sit in eighth place, level on points with Chelsea and have never been lower than seventh in the English league.
Manchester United suffered their 18th defeat of the season: the club’s worst record since 1977/78
⚠The Red Devils have already conceded a total of 81 goals, the worst record since the 1976/77 season pic.twitter.com/708dOKe6LL
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Naturally, and as has been happening practically since he arrived at Old Trafford, Erik ten Hag is seen as the main person responsible for Manchester United’s moment. After the match, several commentators argued for the immediate dismissal of the Dutch coach, an unlikely scenario, since there are only three games left to play and the Red Devils They will also play the FA Cup final against Manchester City.
“They are one of the worst-trained teams in the Premier League and that is a fact. Lieutenant Hag needs to brag, he needs to believe. He has to make us believe that there is something there. I wouldn’t even admit that Manchester United’s under-23s lost 4-0 to Crystal Palace. “I was coached by the best coaches and a lot of what I see there is just wrong,” said former Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher.
Olise didn’t give the ball to anyone and just stopped it in the back of the net????
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Well, Erik ten Hag himself, after the final whistle, acknowledged that the team was not at the required level. “We were very weak in the way we conceded goals. Especially when I know we prepared… But then we conceded that first goal like that and that’s very disappointing. It was a collective performance that was not correct, with many serious errors. We don’t follow the plan, we don’t follow the script. “There were individual mistakes, yes, but we have to protect ourselves and we let ourselves down,” explained the coach, who was left without the injured Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes and had to adapt Casemiro to the defensive axis.
“It is clear and obvious that it was not a good performance. We didn’t play the way we wanted to and we weren’t good enough. It was the fourth defeat in 2024, it was difficult to beat us in many games and today we were very easy to win. The fans were with the team from the first minute to the end, they can see the problems we have,” he added.
United fan suffers ????#PremierELEVEN pic.twitter.com/pAT5raeSwE
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Source: Observadora
