Erik ten Hag says Manchester United’s top brass remain committed to him as manager after his side’s goalless draw with Aston Villa on Sunday.
The Dutchman remains under intense pressure at Old Trafford, but he brought United within a point of a sluggish Villa, who were out of ideas for much of the encounter after their thrilling win over Bayern Munich in the league of Champions.
The Red Devils are now in 14th place. Despite Sunday’s positive resultit is their worst start to a league campaign since 1989, having won just two of their first seven games.
However, when asked about his communication with the main bosses of INEOS, Ten Hag again insisted that he is well aligned with their thinking and ambitions.
He said: “We always talk, every week we talk. We’re all together, on the same page, we know what we’re working on. It’s a long-term process.”
On the match, Ten Hag added: “I think the performance of united it was very good Defending and in possession we controlled the game. I think it’s the fourth clean sheet this season. You can see that we had a very good organization and coexistence. There was good character and good spirit as a team. Determined, resilient.
“At Porto, our preparation was brilliant. (We were) so good in the first 25 minutes – we outplayed Porto. Also (Crystal) Palace, in possession we were so good, (so) we’ve had games this season where We’re good, but we didn’t create too many chances today, but we also created a lot of chances in our seven games, but we have to take into account (Rasmus). fit but others are stepping up I was impressed by (Marcus) Rashford, also (Alejandro) Garnacho is so good and Antony at the end.”
United have drawn four of their last five games in all competitions, losing 3-0 to Tottenham Hotspur last week. Their last win came in the Carabao Cup when they beat Barnsley 7-0 in mid-September.
