Ex-Arsenal player, Emmanuel Petit has come out to say that Manchester United players are hiding behind Erik ten Hag. This is coming after MUFC’s difficult start to the new season, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he does not agree with all of the criticism around Erik ten Hag when results don’t go well because some of the top MUFC players at the club are not taking responsibility on the pitch.
Petit added that it will always be hard for a club to experience stability when they keep changing managers.
His words, “I don’t agree with all of the criticism around Erik ten Hag. I actually look at the players there and think they are hiding behind him. I don’t like it. These are players with real pedigree and they hide behind him instead of fronting up and doing a job for the team.
It’s so hard for a club when they keep changing managers as much as Manchester United have.
It’s such a pity to see the club in the state it’s in. The Premier League needs Manchester United back at its best and it starts with the players. Yes, the manager is responsible for a lot of things and so are the board for getting it right in the transfer market, but at the end of the day it’s the responsibility of the players on the pitch and they haven’t been good enough for some time now.”
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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.
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