Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag blamed a lack of ‘belief’ after his side’s early fall behind Defeat 3-0 at the home of Tottenham Hotspur.
Ange Postecoglou’s side ran out undisputed winners on Sunday after putting in a hellish performance at Old Trafford, where the hosts had to play the second half with a man down. after Bruno Fernandes was sent off.
Tottenham took the lead within three minutes when Micky van de Ven sprinted 70 yards through midfield and the United defense before squaring for Brennan Johnson to slot in. league
talking with BBC Sport after Sunday’s defeat, the United boss Ten Hag criticized the mentality of his players after losing a goal.
“To concede a goal after two or three minutes like that, it did something for us,” he said.
“Totally unnecessary. To score a goal like that, the (opposing) center half comes in and passes the whole team down the right and then the winger hits the far post. Same mistake as midweek against Twente , must be stopped at the first moment.
“From that moment on we were stressed on the ball. We didn’t find the triangles and the switches, we had some good moments, but from that moment we couldn’t get a foothold. And we can do better. Even everything after that, a mistake of ours, we have to keep calm.
“We had chances and our moments to get back into the game, with Joshua Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho when we still had 11 players and after the red card we also had moments.
“We had our chances before the break and in the second half with 10 men we also had chances. It certainly had an impact on the game. I don’t think it was a red card.
“First we have to deal with this and show resilience. This is not good enough. We have to accept this and improve. Focus on the next game and do things better than today.”
