Manchester United: Dwight Yorke slams Erik ten Hag for record compared to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke has questioned suggestions the club has made progress under Erik ten Hag.

The Red Devils have improved their league position this season after the dismal end to the last campaign, but are sweating their place in the top four after consecutive defeats to Brighton and West Ham.

Ten Hag’s team won the League Cup and is in the FA Cup final, but have not been able to fight for the title this season after losing nine times in the competition.

Yorke has pointed out that they have suffered more defeats this season than under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during his two full seasons in charge (eight in 2019/20 and six in 2020/21).

The 1999 Treble winner, who was teammates with Solskjaer, insists United’s results this season were ‘not good enough’ and Ten Hag ‘should be called out’.

Erik ten Hag’s side have lost more games and are poised for a lower ranking than United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer achieved during the Norwegian’s two full seasons.

Speak through King Casino bonushe said: ‘Erik ten Hag losing nine games in the Premier League does raise some problems.

“When you’re a Manchester United manager, you’re always checked for little details or mistakes. There’s nowhere to hide.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had a better record than Ten Hag in his full two seasons as manager of the club, people are talking about the progress we have made and the better style of football being played.

“Manchester United reached the FA Cup final, won the Carabao Cup and went deep in the Europa League, so that’s progress, but Ten Hag lost more Premier League games than Solskjaer in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. called out.

“The results haven’t been good enough this season, Manchester United are looking over their shoulder trying desperately to hold on to fourth place, I’m not sure the club wants to be there.

“Ten Hag gets the praise when the team plays well, he also has to take the criticism when things go wrong.”

Solskjaer was heavily criticized towards the end of his time at Old Trafford.

In his first two full seasons, he guided United to third and second places, but failed to deliver a trophy after losing the 2021 Europa League final to Villarreal.

He was sacked in November 2021 after taking just 17 points from their first 12 games of the 2021-22 season – suffering heavy defeats to Liverpool (5-0) and Watford (4-1) in that time.

United are just one point ahead of Liverpool in the race for the top four, but they have a game credit to their closest rivals.

Solskjaer (centre) and Yorke (second from right) were teammates at Old Trafford

Ten Hag’s side won the Carabao Cup and are in the FA Cup final, but are under pressure from Liverpool to finish in the top four

They also have the FA Cup final to look forward to against local rivals Man City.

However, results such as their 7-0 loss to Liverpool, their departure from the Europa League to LaLiga midfielder Sevilla and 1-0 defeats to Brighton and West Ham show that there is still a lot of work to be done at Old Trafford.

Ten Hag’s men are 19 points behind leaders Man City. Solskjaer was a massive 33 points behind Liverpool in his first full season, but managed to cut that back to 12 to Man City in his second season.

United are expected to have a busy transfer window, with Tottenham striker Harry Kane one of many players linked with a move to the club this summer.