I Don’t Understand Erik ten Hag’s Positive Post-Match Comments – Roy Keane

Manchester United legend, Roy Keane has come out to joke that Erik ten Hag may have had a couple of glasses of wine before his post-match interview after MUFC’s draw with Liverpool. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it is clear that Erik ten Hag is currently seeing something everyone else is not seeing, because it is so obvious that the team is nowhere near ready to challenge Arsenal or Man City and Liverpool.

Keane added that MUFC are not even doing well enough to beat Aston Villa and Spurs to 4th and 5th position.

His words, “Listen, obviously he’s had a couple of glasses of wine after the game. I don’t know how strong that is, but he seemed really upbeat, and I admire him for it, because he’s obviously seeing something that I’m not seeing at this moment in time.

I’m not saying there’s not potential at the football club or with these young players, but in terms of competing with Arsenal or Man City and Liverpool, they’re way off it. They are competing at this moment in time with Aston Villa and Spurs for that fourth and fifth position, and at this stage, they’re well behind them.

So I don’t get his positivity, but maybe that’s just me obviously being a bit old and grumpy. He’s upbeat, but I certainly didn’t see that upbeat performance – I thought [there were] two very good goals from Man United and a team that hung in there and stuck at it, and I give them credit for that, but if you’re looking at the bigger picture I’m not sitting back here and going ‘Man United are on their way back’.”

WOW.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.

The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.