Erik ten Hag admits that Manchester United need to defend better and stop collapsing like ‘a deck of cards’.
United’s 4-3 defeat against Bayern Munich in midweek means that Ten Hag’s team has scored fourteen goals in the last five games.
There was criticism of the efforts of some of the players returning to the Allianz Arena, including Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay.
Stuart Pearce commented on talkSPORT that Rashford ran like he had ‘a fridge on his back’, while fans on social media highlighted how McTominay was overtaken by the referee.
Ten Hag emphasized that United must defend better as a team and said: ‘It’s about eleven players doing their job. I have often said here in this place: I always tell my players that we attack with 11 and defend with 11.
Erik ten Hag admits Man United need to defend better and stop collapsing like ‘a deck of cards’
After the 4-3 defeat against Bayern Munich, United scored fourteen goals in the last five games
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“If one or two players aren’t doing their job, it’s like a deck of cards, so it’s not just one or two players.”
Andre Onana took responsibility for the defeat in Munich after spilling Leroy Sane’s shot for Bayern’s crucial first goal.
But Ten Hag added: ‘It’s about the team and as a team we don’t have the results yet. So individuals also do not deliver the performance and you expect not only one player, but also the manager.’
Andre Onana took responsibility for the defeat at Bayern, but Ten Hag said the team had to do better