Eric ten Hag has been credited with theManchester United players' first-weekend losses to Brighton and Hove Albion. Blamed the lack ofin his first competitive game in charge.
His double in the first half for Pascal Gross put United on the ground after a pre-season of cautious optimism under Tenhag, whose hopes of a top-four finish were dashed early. Wearing.
United scored back one with Alexis Mac Allister's own goal, but Ten Hag's side rarely threatened themselves.
"I think it was a good start. Then after leveling off, I lost faith, made mistakes and my opponent finished," he said.
"I can understand [the loss of faith] since last year, but it doesn't have to be. They are good players and the confidence comes from themselves. Many times in the past As they have proven, they are [good players] and will do so in the future. , It doesn't happen overnight. We played better in the pre-season, we had a bad first half today and obviously we have to learn from that."
Ten Hag did not start Cristiano Ronaldo after Anthony Martial suffered a hamstring injury, even though he was out of options beforehand.
Instead, Christian Eriksen debuted in the role of the Unfamiliar Fake Him 9. Ten Hag abandoned the experiment and brought in Ronaldo at the start of the second half.
“If we had [Martial] who is a striker, we would have played against him. Cristiano now has 10 days in team training. 90 minutes is too short. That's why it didn't."
