ABU DHABI, 13th July / WAM / “We should not exaggerate in dealing with this result.” This is how Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag reacted to his Manchester United team’s big victory over Liverpool in the “Bangkok Cup” friendly match.
Manchester United beat Liverpool 4-0 at the opening of the two teams’ friendly matches in preparation for the new season, and Manchester United gave its new coach a huge boost in his first match, especially since he played the match in the absence of the veteran Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the most prominent star of the team last season.
With the modest level of Manchester United last season; As he finished the season in sixth place in the English Premier League, this victory was very important for the team as they prepare for the new season, as it achieved many gains for Manchester United.
If Manchester United succeeds in building on these gains in the coming weeks, the team may return strongly in the new season to become a difficult number in the English Premier League.
In this report, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) monitors the most important gains that Manchester United reaped from this match, which are: – A strong return to Asia: For decades, the English Premier League has enjoyed overwhelming popularity in the Southeast Asian region, and Manchester United has enjoyed a large following of fans in This area during his previous golden era led by the famous coach Sir Alex Ferguson, but the decline in the level of the team in the past few years and his absence from the podium in the English Premier League raised some controversy about the possibility of continuing this follow-up.
After two years in which the team’s trips to the Asian continent were absent due to the Corona pandemic, Manchester United resumed its visits well and with an exciting victory over Liverpool, the team may retain a large number of fans from this region during the new season.
An encouraging start for Ten Hag: Manchester United’s new coach Ten Hag did not expect a better start in his career with the team, although the Dutch coach confirmed that Liverpool was not at full strength in the match and should not be exaggerated in dealing with this result.
“I think we played with courage and efficiency,” said Ten Hag, who took charge in difficult circumstances and after a poor season for Manchester United. “We had to play hard to reduce errors in the first game. We have good players and potential to exploit.”
– Quadruple in the absence of Ronaldo: The four goals gave more confidence to the team, especially as he achieved a great victory in the absence of his Portuguese star Ronaldo, who was the best player in the team last season, and Manchester United confirmed that he can achieve victories in the absence of Ronaldo, who reports recently indicated his desire He left Manchester United, one season after his return to the team.
– Diversity of attack sources: The four goals for Manchester came from four different players: Jadon Sancho, Fred, Anthony Martial and young midfielder Facundo Belestri.
– Strong start and smart changes: Despite being a friendly match, Ten Hag took the match as seriously as he did with the team’s players since the beginning of the preparation stage. For this, the Dutch coach pushed the best possible starting lineup, and this resulted in 3 goals in the first half.
During the match, Ten Hag made 11 changes to check on all the players and countered Liverpool’s attempts to respond in the second half, after the German Juergen Klopp, the Liverpool coach, pushed the experienced people such as Mohamed Salah, Naby Keita and Virgil van Dijk, as well as his new Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez.
Interestingly, another player from Uruguay was the one who imposed his name in the second half, as the 20-year-old young player Belestri scored the fourth goal for Manchester United.
– Fred and Martial awakening: The match showed a real awakening in the performance of the Brazilian players Fred and the French Anthony Martial in what looks like a rediscovery of the level of the players, knowing that the club was placing the contract with Francke de Jong from Barcelona at the top of its priorities to strengthen the midfield due to the ineffectiveness of Fred greatly.
Fred and the young player Bilestree have shown that they can now be counted on even more, now that Ten Hag has rediscovered them. This may also apply to Martial if he succeeds in continuing at the level he was in the match to be one of the gains of the preparation period under the leadership of Tenhag.
The return of confidence: The match showed the return of confidence and determination to Manchester United’s performance, which the team missed last season, and this appeared in the team’s inability to keep the result in a number of matches it was on its way to win, while it succeeded in enhancing its result yesterday in the face of Liverpool’s uprising in the half Second.