Erik ten Hag again had to rely on individual brilliance in a game in which the Manchester United boss harnessed some of the Sir Alex Ferguson 'DNA', but none of the good stuff...
Erik ten Hag again had to rely on individual brilliance in a game in which the Manchester United boss harnessed some of the Sir Alex Ferguson ‘DNA’, but none of the good stuff…
“I came here with my philosophy, based on possession, but also to combine it with the DNA of Man United, but also with the players and their character,”But what we saw at Craven Cottage in the first half was a far cry from the highs of his debut campaign, when United generally built from the back, while keeping Marcus Rashford’s pace in mind.
And while Bruno toiled next to Hojlund, Christian Eriksen did not enjoy his role as a lone defensive midfielder, as everyone bar Ten Hag would have predicted. He looked off the pace with the ball at his feet as well as when hopelessly attempting to deal with Fulham breaks. Ten Hag, in attempting to harness the United DNA in his squad, has extracted the admittedly “direct”, but incredibly outdated, hoofing of the Sir Alex Ferguson era, while failing to extract the bits he’s actually after – the do or die attitude, the constant pressure on the opposition goal, the inevitability.
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