Journalist David Jones, who was interviewing him, immediately apologized to viewersas is the tradition on British television.
Ten Haag muttered an apology, but his outspokenness was met with laughter from former players Roy Keane, Jamie Gallagher and Gary Neville, who stood beside him on the edge of the lawn at Old Trafford. “I quite liked it“, even laughed Neville, a former Red Devil.
Returning to the game, he admitted that after the rout at Brentford (0-4), which followed a home loss to Brighton (1-2) at the start of the season, he was waiting “a different attitude, a different approach” of the match, on the part of his players.
“That’s what satisfies me, but it’s only the beginning. We have to stay humble, I think we can play a lot better with a little more control, make an extra pass, be more dangerous“, he continued.
“We saw it today at times, but we have to be better when we have to play the game“, further underlined the technician.
He also justified his choice to do without Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo at kick-off.
“I have a squad and I have to use this squad. We have 50 to 60 matches per season. So, match after match, we look at who we select. Maguire and Ronaldo are incredible players and they will play a part in the near future“, he argued.
With three points in three days, Manchester United is still only 14th in the Premier League, six lengths behind the leader, Arsenal, who were full.
