Erik ten Hag says he should take the blame after yet one more Champions League capitulation by Manchester United, with their probabilities of qualification hanging by a thread.
United stay backside of Group A after throwing away a 3-1 lead at Galatasaray to attract 3-3 in a breathless recreation. They have to beat Bayern Munich on the ultimate matchday and hope the Turkish aspect draw at FC Copenhagen to qualify.
Goalkeeper Andre Onana, not for the primary time on this competitors, value his aspect with poor errors for Chelsea loanee Hakim Ziyech’s two objectives.
United have now dropped factors on three events after main within the Champions League this season, having additionally didn’t see out video games at FC Copenhagen and at residence towards Galatasaray.
Requested who’s responsible, Ten Hag advised TNT Sports activities: “It is always me. I am responsible for this.”
He added: “We should always have taken three factors. This is identical in additional video games – residence towards Galatasaray and away in Copenhagen.
“We performed so good. So I’ve to make a praise to my group however I additionally need to criticise the group and us as a training workers and me as a supervisor.
“We are not defending well enough, we are leading 3-1 and you can’t afford such mistakes because it makes a difference.”
Ten Hag’s aspect have conceded 33 objectives in all competitions this season – essentially the most in any marketing campaign for United after 20 video games since 1962/63 – however he says they will flip a nook.
“We are in a project and we are moving forward, making improvement,” added Ten Hag. “We are going in the right direction. I know which steps we need to take.”
The United supervisor has been inspired by the development his aspect have made in an attacking sense having scored three objectives at Bayern, Copenhagen and now Galatasaray.
“I am very pleased,” Ten Hag mentioned of his aspect’s offensive efficiency. “You see the style of this team, proactive, dynamic and brave.
“We created so many probabilities and will have received this recreation. That was not about luck however taking part in good soccer.”
Fernandes: We have to manage the game better
Captain Bruno Fernandes says United’s performances within the Champions League haven’t been adequate this season after claiming simply 4 factors from 5 video games.
“What we have been doing in the Champions League has not been enough,” Fernandes advised TNT Sports activities.
“We have to control our games. It is not the first game we have had like this. Even in Copenhagen, I understand we had a player less, we had to secure the result at 3-2. We have to manage the game better.”
Fernandes struck the submit within the closing levels, with Scott McTominay, Alejandro Garnacho and substitute Facundo Pellistri additionally coming shut with time working out.
“It was another game where we could have closed the game before,” he mentioned. “We had too many chances. It was two mistakes by ourselves on the goals we concede.”