After the 0-4 against Brentford, the Dutch coach took a sharp measure with all the players.
Manchester United suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in its history last weekend. Los Red Devil fell 4-0 on their visit to Brentford by date 2 of the Premier League, and they were in the last position of the table. After the paper on Saturday, Erik Ten Hag, technical director of the team, applied a strong punishment for the squad.
The harsh punishment of Erik Ten Hag to the Manchester United squad after the win in the Premier League
Ten Hag He had told the players that, since the game was on Saturday, they would have a day off on Sunday and would return to training on Monday, but after the resounding defeat the Dutchman changed his mind. As reported by the British media Daily Mail, the coach called off the rest dayand informed the players the same day that they had to report to the club’s sports field.
In addition, the DT made the footballers run for several minutes under the scorching sun and more than 30 degrees of temperature. The strangest thing of all is that made them travel exactly 13.8 kilometerswhich was the difference in meters traveled between the players of Manchester United y Brentford: los Red Devil ran a total of 95.6 kilometers, while The bees 109,4.
What Erik Ten Hag said after Manchester United’s historic Premier League defeat
In dialogue with Sky Sportsthe DT of United express: “Conceding 4 goals in 35 minutes is rubbish, it’s poor. The team has to take responsibility. I asked the players to play with faith and take responsibility, that’s what they didn’t do.”
Furthermore, he added: “We are, as a team, in a difficult process and we expected a different start. It seems that what happened in the last season last, we bring it to this season. We have to change that quickly. We need new and quality players. We will try to convince them.”
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