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Erik ten Hag insists his Man United stars are NOT thinking about the Premier League title after closing the gap to Arsenal to five points… as he urges fans to ‘make Old Trafford a fortress’ before of the second leg of Barcelona
- Manchester United closed the gap on Arsenal with a 3-0 win against Leicester
- Erik ten Hag’s side dominated the second half after a ‘rubbish’ first half
- The United manager was adamant after the match that his team is not in a title race.
Erik ten Hag has insisted that Manchester United players are not thinking about a potential title run despite closing the gap to the league leaders.
Manchester United beat Leicester with a convincing 3-0 win and continued their fine run, but Ten Hag remained coy about title talks.
speaking to sky sports After the game, the 53-year-old head coach admitted that his team is taking it one game at a time.
Ten Hag said: ‘We didn’t think about the title race. We think about the next game, Thursday is going to be a great game for us.
‘We have to fight, our fans [have] to make Old Trafford a fortress and the game plan has to be right.’
Erik ten Hag admitted that his Manchester United are not thinking about a title race
Manchester United beat Leicester 3-0 in a resounding home win against Leicester
The United manager also admitted that his team’s performance was far from perfect.
Ten Hag said: ‘We are happy with the result, it’s a great result. When you play every third day you can’t always get to your same performance. Today was really hard.
“We struggled and it was only thanks to David de Gea that we had a clean sheet at half-time,” Ten Hag added.
Leicester enjoyed a fine run in the first half and came close to scoring through Harvey Barnes and Kelechi Iheanacho, but De Gea was in fine form in goal for United.
“The first half Leicester played brilliantly, we were rubbish, the way we were really undisciplined.”
The United manager continued: “Luckily we had half time, we were able to repair some things and the second half was brilliant. There was a lot of pleasure, it was nice to see how we created so many chances and scored great goals.”
Marcus Rashford scored twice for United as the 25-year-old’s fine run in front of goal continued.
However, Ten Hag felt that other players also deserved credit for their good performances in the win.
Marcus Rashford scored twice for United as he continued his fine form in front of goal.
Ten Hag said: ‘He [Rashford] It is getting into the positions but do not forget the team. I want to highlight Bruno again. Two great assists. There are so many players who can pass the ball to him at the right time like Bruno, Jadon, Fred.
Manchester United have a crucial Europa League game, the Carabao Cup final and the FA Cup fifth round before returning to Premier League action.
The Red Devils play Barcelona after their 2-2 win in the Europa League play-off first leg before heading to Wembley for the cup final against Newcastle and then hosting West Ham in the FA Cup.
A derby against Liverpool awaits alongside Ten Hag as they look to continue climbing the Premier League table.