Erik ten Hag is adamant fortune will eventually turn in Manchester United’s favour, despite a ninth defeat of the season....CONTINUE READING
United have lost more games than they have won after Copenhagen recovered from 2-0 down and 3-2 down to prevail 4-3 in a dramatic Champions League group stage encounter…CONTINUE READING>>
The loss leaves United bottom of Group A with two games to play and if they lose to Galatasaray in Istanbul in three weeks they will be out of the Champions League.
United were excellent until Marcus Rashford was sent off in the 42nd minute in the Parken Stadium and they regained the lead with 10 men through Bruno Fernandes in the second half.
Copenhagen equalised in the 83rd minute and 17-year-old Roony Bardghji slammed in the winner four minutes later.
Ten Hag was particularly disappointed as United had given an admirable account for much of the contest, only to leave without any points.
The United manager maintained there is still belief the team can progress to the last 16. “This squad is resilient and the whole season so many decisions are against us, so many setbacks for injuries.
“Every time there is a spirit, there is a fight and I said to the lads it will turn, one moment in the season it will turn in our favour.
“Football is a game of mistakes, I don’t say we did everything right but I take a lot of positives, even with 10 men we are dictating the game. We played very good. We are very disappointed in the end we take nothing from this because it should have been different.
“Again, the attitude was great from the lads. They fought as a team, together, all on one page, fought for every yard on the pitch, shoulder for shoulder. So I can’t make any criticism on the team for that.”
When it a Danish journalist suggested it was an “unfair result”, Ten Hag replied: “Yeah, come on. The first 25 minutes, we dictated, dominated the game, 2-0 up and then the red card changes everything and we are down to 10. We are very disappointed…CONTINUE READING>>
