JAKARTA - Manchester United won the match against Southampton in the Premier League last weekend. The Red Devils beat the opponent with a score of 2-0 City Ground Stadium.
Man United's two winning goals against Steve Cooper's side were scored through Antony's feet in the 32nd minute and Dalot in the 76th minute.
This three-point achievement brought the team based at Old Trafford up from fourth to third in the Premier League standings for the 2022/2023 season with a collection of 59 points from 30 matches.
Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, is certainly not happy. However, what makes him even more happy is the appearance of his team's defense when he managed to maintain a clean sheet in that match.
"This is a very good performance from defense," Ten Hag said in a press conference after the match, quoted from the club's official website.
The former Ajax Amsterdam coach praised his backline performance for being able to maintain full concentration for 90 minutes of the match. In fact, in this match, they were not strengthened by two of their mainstay players who were absent due to injury, Leandro Martinez and Raphael Varane.
Instead, Ten Hag paired Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof at the back center, along with Diogo Dalot and Aaron Wan-Bissaka in full-back positions.
"We defended very well to dominate the opponent and I calculated one moment in the game with a counterattack where the defense transition was very good. They really concentrated," Ten Hag praised, as reported by Antara.
Not only the back position, the manager who successfully brought the Red Devils club to win the 2022/2023 League Cup also praised his team's overall performance against the team which now occupies the relegation zone for the 2022/2023 Premier League season.
"I think it's a solid performance. We did very well. We created many chances, we had a lot of possession, very focused and focused from start to finish," said Ten Hag.
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