Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has hailed one of his players before criticizing the Red Devils’ performance following the defeat to Atletico Madrid in a pre-season friendly last night.
Erik ten Hag believes Christian Eriksen will play a key role this season. But claiming that his offensive players have a form of play. ‘Unacceptable’ against Atletico Madrid last night (Saturday 30 July 2022), with the Red Devils suffering their first defeat in pre-season this summer. When Joao Felix scored the winning goal 1-0 for Diego Simeone ‘s men in Oslo. Norway
The game was held at the Ulleval Stadion. In the first half, neither team had much chances to score. The first 45 minutes ended with a 0-0 draw. The second half of the UFABET game seemed to end in a draw. But in the end, Atletico came to the winner in the late 86 minutes when Felix got the ball from Alvaro Morata in front of the penalty area.
Before holding onto the right and shuffling the trigger to send the ball into the first post for the Atletico team to lead 1-0 before defeating with this score by this game, Fred got a yellow-red card expelled from the field. From playing outside the game against Morata in the 90th minute
Meanwhile , Eriksen came off the bench to make his first appearance for United and was almost credited with assisting. A superb opening for Harry Maguire, but unfortunately the England defender missed a header from six yards. When asked about Eriksen’s coming on as a substitute after the game, Ten Hag emphasized the midfielder’s importance to United’s offensive line.
“We know what he can do,” Ten Hag told MUTV . “I think with our upfront players. He will be able to pass the right ball at the right time. So he creates chances and then it’s all about finishing.” Ten Hag also admitted he was unhappy with United’s failure to finish when they had the chance against Atletico Madrid. this game
“Ultimately, it’s about results and not scoring well,” said Ten Hag. “You have to benefit if you create a lot of chances. And I think he created a lot of chances to produce at least one goal. But we didn’t do that.” But they scored one goal. At that point I was not satisfied.” “I told the team that it was unacceptable. You have to be sharp when you’re in the box on both sides. Our ball possession and transfers. Our (from attacking or offensive) is very good. We can do a lot of harm to them. We have a lot of weapons We create many opportunities. There I am very satisfied. ” But it’s not enough to win the game. And that is always our goal.”