Erik ten Hag dismisses Man Utd’s defensive considerations regardless of conceding 31 pictures to Brentford
Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag revealed he’s not involved by his aspect’s defensive solidity after conceding 31 pictures to Brentford in a 1-1 draw on Saturday evening.
The Purple Devils spent a lot of the sport on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium penned in and clung on for almost all of the night, with the Bees rattling the woodwork not less than thrice and bringing a number of high quality saves out of goalkeeper Andre Onana.
Mason Mount gave United the lead in opposition to the run of play deep into second-half stoppage time, just for the guests to modify off and concede virtually instantly to Kristoffer Ajer down the opposite finish.
In his post-match press convention, Ten Hag was requested if he was apprehensive by the variety of pictures United gave up.
“So long as we get outcomes, no,” he replied.
“I defined it as soon as extra: we defended low by instances and since Brentford are very direct we misplaced many many second balls and we needed to defend the field.
“We had an incredible goalkeeper, he was good tonight, we now have to say that additionally. Our outcomes are fairly constant from January on however we concede pictures, however we do not concede so many targets.”
Ten Hag added: “We did not need to win however we confirmed resilience all by the sport. However in factors of aggression, Brentford have been higher. We must always present extra ardour and want in lots of moments within the sport. However if you find yourself profitable you need to carry it over the road.
“You’ll be able to by no means evaluate such ranges and performances [to their 4-3 win against Liverpool] but additionally when you do not play properly you continue to need to win – we did it virtually. That’s my huge disappointment that we did not carry it over the road.
“We did not play properly however there was spirit, there was struggle, however not sufficient. It was sufficient to get the objective, 1-0, and earlier than that we had an enormous likelihood for Rasmus Hojlund.
“We’ve many senior gamers we should always all arise and we additionally take accountability for this.”
United now sit 11 factors behind Aston Villa in fourth and eight adrift of Tottenham in fifth after they each gained earlier within the day.
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