After His First Defeat At Manchester United, Erik Ten Hag Mentions Harry Maguire's Name And Satirizes Fred's Actions

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag. (Photo : Twitter.com/@ManUtd)

JAKARTA - Erik ten Hag suffered his first defeat as Manchester United manager on Saturday. He watched his team fall 0-1 to Atletico Madrid in a friendly match in Norway.

The only goal at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo was scored by Joa Felix in the 86th minute. This match was also marked by a red card from Manchester United's Fred for disgraceful behavior towards Alvaro Morata in added time.

This is not only Manchester United's first defeat in the Ten Hag era. However, this is also the first time the Red Devils' players have failed to score in their pre-season game.

Ten Hag was clearly disappointed. The former Ajax coach has branded United's performance as "unacceptable". The reason, they have many opportunities that failed to be converted into goals.

Starting from the efforts of Harry Maguire, Anthony Martial, and Marcus Rashford. Everything is just labeled almost scored.

"You have to take advantage if you create chances. They created fewer chances and scored one goal, so from then on I was not satisfied," said Ten Hag, as reported by The Sun.

“I have told the team that this is unacceptable because you have to be sharp in both boxes. Also from the set-play we had a big chance from Harry Maguire, so we had enough (chances) to win the game and that's always been our goal."

The man from the Netherlands admitted that there was something to be learned from this defeat. However, he still said this result was not encouraging.

"Of course, we learned something but in the end, it's about the result and the score is not good," he said.

In addition, Ten Hag expressed displeasure at some of his careless tackles during the match. He saw some tackles that might be over the line.

"I like being competitive but I always want to show respect because I don't want any injuries. So that's why you have to respect each other," said Ten Hag.

Meanwhile, Manchester United again achieved less good results in pre-season ahead of the 2022/2023 Premier League. Entertaining Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford Stadium on Sunday, July 31, the Red Devils drew 1-1.

A number of senior players were played in this match, including Cristiano Ronaldo, who has recently been widely reported to want to leave Manchester United.