Erik Ten Hag Beber Key To The Victory Of MU's Awakening Against Problemnia In Friday's Night League
JAKARTA - Manchester United (MU) manager, Erik ten Hag revealed the key to his team's victory over Omania Nicosia in the Europa League.
In the match at the GPS Stadium, Thursday, October 6, MU was 0-1 behind the club from Cyprus. Karim Ansarifard's goal was created in the 34th minute.
But in the second half, the Red Devils went berserk. MU was able to turn things around by scoring three goals through braces Marcus Rashford in the 53rd and 84th minutes and Anthony Martial in the 63rd minute.
"We started well with several chances. Then we made a mistake and slumped in 10 minutes," said Ten Hag, quoted from BT Sport.
"We have to learn (the mistake). We let the game on par with life, where we should have prevented that."
Ten Hag then conducted an evaluation and decided to replace the two players. The manager pulled Jadon Sancho and replaced him with Marcus Rashford, then Ten Hag also replacedima Malacia with Luke Shaw.
We need to train a lot. We were too rigid, so it took a lot of movement. That's why we made two substitutions. The two substitutions then had an extraordinary impact,
"It makes the team stronger," continued Ten Hag.
With this victory, the Red Devils are in second place in the Europa Group E standings. The Premier League club is still three points behind Real Sociedad who are at the top with nine points.