The Dutchman has already begun his inquest into his team’s devastating defeat that left them bottom of the Premier League
Erik ten Hag canceled a scheduled day off for his Manchester United squad and held an extra training session after their humiliation at the hands of Brentford. The Red Devils followed up a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton on the opening weekend of the new season with an even worse showing at Brentford as they were hit for four goals without reply.
The Bees raced into a 4-0 lead inside the first 35 minutes and coasted to victory thereafter, and Ten Hag has wasted no time in beginning his inquest into the shocking result.
Ten Hag had originally intended to give his players the rest of the weekend off after the Brentford game, with a huge clash against arch-rivals Liverpool looming large on August 22.
Ten Hag arrived at Carrington early to mull over the events at the Gtech Community Stadium and will now seek to make sure that United bounces back and avoid slipping even deeper into crisis. Reports suggest that the session consisted of United’s players running 13.8 kilometers (8.5 miles) – the difference between the amount they collectively ran and Brentford on Saturday.
United are now rock bottom of the Premier League for the first time in 30 years, and Ten Hag made no excuses for their performance after the final whistle.” It’s rubbish, and it’s poor. We need higher standards than that, that’s clear,” the 52-year-old told beIN Sports after the game.
