Erik Ten Hag: We Must Rise!

Erik ten Hag promised to bring Manchester United back (Instagram/@mancheserunited).

JAKARTA - Manchester United's journey in the first three weeks of the 2024/2025 Premier League struggled. After a narrow 1-0 win against Fulham in the opening week, the Red Devils' appearance immediately plummeted.

Erik ten Hag's men lost to Brighton 1-2 and were crushed by Liverpool at home with a score of 0-3.

After the defeat against rivals, Liverpool, Ten Hag put up a body. During a press conference session, the Dutchman promised to bring Manchester United back.

"It hurts, especially for our fans. We have to be humble and keep going. Opponents may be slightly superior in certain areas, but we will pursue and bounce back."

"There are some positive things, but I don't want to talk about it. We lost 0-3. We have to get up and get up again. We made two big mistakes and Liverpool handled them very well," said Ten Hag.

Erik ten Hag further also fortifys his foster children with rumors after the match. As is known, the issue of Casemiro happened when it was replaced in the first half.

The veteran Brazilian is rumored to have left the field and did not watch the team in the second half. However, the news of the wind was denied by Ten Hag.

"I met him after the game, so he didn't come home. The reason I changed him was because we were 0-2 behind opponents like Liverpool. That's what the team needed," said Ten Hag.

Casemiro seemed to often lose the ball while building an attack. The mistake made Manchester United concede two goals.

As a result, Ten Hag had to refresh for his strategy to work. He replaced Casemiro with a 20-year-old, Toby Coller.

Apart from that, the mistakes in the last two matches that led to defeat have opened the eyes of Ten Hag, his troops will be short.

One of the things he highlighted was about player fitness. He considered that his students were still not the same so the Red Devils could not perform optimally.

Therefore, Ten Hag asked the fans to be patient. He emphasized that he is not a leader who can make the players' fitness to the maximum in an instant.

If you want to be objective, said Ten Hag, an assessment can be carried out at the end of the season on the team's performance. In other words, an assessment cannot be given when the game has only been running for three weeks.

"This is just the third game of the season. We have to build a new team. We have young players, we have three players who appear as their first starter of the season. They don't play 90 minutes," said Ten Hag.