Manchester United Will Not Fire Erik Ten Hag, This Is The Reason

Manager Erik ten Hag will not be fired by Manchester United. Ten Hag is seen with winger Antony. (Twitter @ManUtd)

JAKARTA - Manchester United will not fire manager Erik ten Hag. Bournemouth's 3-0 defeat at home at Old Trafford, Saturday, December 9 evening WIB, did not affect Ten Hag's position.

Ten Hag will remain at MU. And, former Ajax Amsterdam coach is still considered worthy of handling the Red Devils. This was said by former Manchester United player Phil Neville to NBC Sports about Ten Hag.

Bournemouth's defeat clearly disappointed fans. Even the fans ridiculed the team in that match. What MU fans rarely do when their favorite team plays at home.

MU is still not showing a stable performance. After rising and winning 2-1 over Chelsea, MU was unable to maintain performance despite playing at home.

Previously, Ten Hag stated that there was no crisis in the MU team. This was said after Manchester United beat the Blues through Scott McTominay's two goals.

However, the defeat in the next match shows that the team is still inconsistent but also an internal crisis. At that time, rumors rose when MU's dressing room was already split. Some still support Ten Hag, but some want changes.

However, management still supports Ten Hag. The reason for the defeat to Bournemouth was not entirely a strategic mistake, Ten Hag.

Neville actually highlighted the poor performance of the players so that the opponent could break into goalkeeper Andre Onana three times.

"In my opinion, he [Ten Hag] will not be fired. What I saw in the match against Bournemouth, that was the team's performance this season. The team's performance was not good enough. Three goals were created and all started with three cross balls," said Neville.

The younger brother of soccer pundit Gary Neville, who has played together at MU, said that the team's performance tends to go up and down throughout the season.

"The performance against Newcastle and Bournemouth is an illustration of the condition of the team this season. On the other hand, the performance against Chelsea is indeed better. Only they rarely play like this," he said.

"I think players should be responsible. They have to be able to play better. You can watch Bournemouth's goals. All goals from the cross. This is clearly unacceptable," said the former England international.

Neville, who won the Premier League six times and once won the Champions League, stated that it was not yet time for United to think of winning the league. Because there are already many teams like Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and now Aston Villa who outperform MU.

MU is also far from being equal to Arsenal or Liverpool, especially Manchester City. According to Neville, the three teams have been leaving MU for 10 years.

"So don't think that MU will win the league first. Just look, Newcastle and Aston Villa have outperformed MU. Likewise Tottenham," said Neville.

"There is no need to talk about Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City, who left MU 10 years ago. MU is already thousands of miles behind in terms of performance and quality," he said.

Not wrong with Neville's analysis. Ten Hag admitted that the team was inconsistent. He also had to work hard to fix the squad.

"As a squad, we are inconsistent. We have to work hard to improve our abilities. We really are inconsistent, but we have the ability to do it," said Ten Hag.

Against Bournemouth, Bruno Fernandes et al failed to dominate. Ironically, the actual position of the opposing team is still below Chelsea who was defeated by MU.

But Bournemouth beat the Red Devils with three goals from Dominic Solanke, Philip Billing and Marcos Senesi.

This is MU's fourth defeat of 11 matches at Old Trafford in various competitions. The defeat made MU still stuck in seventh place with 27.