Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag has come out to blast his team for an unacceptable collapse in their 2-2 draw against Aston Villa. He recently revealed this while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he will not make excuses about the pitch or weather because there is no excuse for the collapse after the controlling and good football displayed in the first half.
Erik ten Hag added that football is a sport of mistakes, but his team will have to decrease the mistakes when the season starts.
His words, “We had a lot of movement behind the defending line, scored two great goals so we were 2-0 up at half-time and then our focus dropped.”
“It can be that the guys are tired but that’s not an excuse. They have to perform and it is what we didn’t do in the second half. In the first half we were really good.”
“It was the focus.”
“I don’t want to make excuses about the pitch or weather. No matter what we have to perform.
“Football is a sport of mistakes and we have to decrease the mistakes. That’s clear but I have seen a lot of progress in these two weeks.
“In the first half I saw really good football, really controlling and dominating the game but we have to learn from what happened in the second half. It’s not possible that you go 2-0 and then throw it away.
“That’s what I just said in the dressing room, a drop of focus is unacceptable but to the season I’m happy because now I can tell them it cannot happen.
“We have to get out of the dressing room and back in your plan and your focus and back to your performance and that is what we didn’t do.”
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