Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag known as his facet’s efficiency “unprofessional” after their worst league loss since 1931 on Sunday, 7-0 to Liverpool at Anfield.
“The result’s fairly apparent. It is unprofessional,” mentioned Ten Hag, whose facet had been using excessive every week in the past after successful the League Cup last towards Newcastle United, with discuss of them making a late push for the Premier League title.
Trailing 1-0 after Sunday’s first half, United unravelled after the break.
“We had been so unprofessional about selections… shifting ahead, giving the area away within the again, within the midfield, not monitoring again… then it is 3-0, then the sport goes,” Ten Hag informed a information convention.
“However then, as a group, it’s important to stick collectively. And that’s what we did not do. And that was a shock for me. I have not seen this from my group. I do not suppose it is Manchester United. So it is actually dangerous and poor.”
Former United captain Roy Keane mentioned it was a “stunning day”.
“The senior gamers had been embarrassing. They did not present any management expertise,” he mentioned.
“A extremely powerful day for Man United and thank goodness I’ve by no means been a part of dropping like that. The gamers will probably be ashamed; when the going obtained powerful, they went lacking.”
United arrived at Anfield unbeaten in 11 video games, together with their League Cup victory and a come-from-behind win over West Ham within the FA Cup.
Ten Hag mentioned they performed a “first rate” first half however issues turned dangerous after halftime.
“They did not co-operate any extra collectively, and so they did not fulfil their jobs,” the Dutchman mentioned. “There are numerous issues… it makes me offended, to concede so simply objectives.”
Ten Hag mentioned United, who host Actual Betis within the first leg of a Europa League round-of-16 match on Thursday, wanted to study from the loss.
“We had so many good leads to the final week, months. So many good performances. And this was a extremely dangerous efficiency.”
This story has been revealed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content.