Defiant Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag confident his side can bounce back from recent setbacks
Marcus Rashford: attended an event at Manchester’s Chinawhite to celebrate his 26th birthday hours after the derby defeat to Manchester City. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty ImagesErik ten Hag has branded as “unacceptable” Marcus Rashford having a birthday party at a nightclub a few hours after Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat by Manchester City.
Last season Ten Hag dropped Rashford from the starting XI at Wolves owing to late timekeeping. In light of this and how United are struggling, Ten Hag was pressed on whether Rashford’s conduct on Sunday showed the forward was out of tune with the manager’s demands. Last Sunday’s defeat was followed by another 3-0 loss, to Newcastle in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie, which knocked the holders out. Ten Hag denied Rashford had started that game as a substitute to discipline him, pointing to how Bruno Fernandes and Rasmus Højlund were also on the bench.Erik ten Hag defended his tactics and his players' character as Manchester United look to bounce back from a pair of humiliating home defeats.
“I wouldn’t work here if I didn’t think it wasn’t right,” he said. “Sometimes you have difficult periods but when you stick together you come through those difficult periods.”“I never think in such scenarios – we have to win every game,” he said, insisting he trusted his players to turn the campaign around.
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