Manchester United coach Erik Ten Hag was candid about the Champions League and the team’s poor performance in the group stage of the tournament
Erik Ten Hagcommander of Manchester Unitedopened the game on the Champions League 2023/2024. After completing all rounds of the group stage, the English team was unable to advance to the next stage. Worse: the Red Devils didn’t even get the place in Europa Leaguewhich was destined for 3rd place, Galatasaray.
“Today, I thought the performance was very good and we didn’t deserve to lose, but we lost the game. That’s clear. The players gave everything, you saw the spirit and I have to give credit to the team, big praise for the way they worked together against this good Bayern team.”said the coach after the confrontation with Bayern Munchen.
This Tuesday, the 12th, Manchester United got the worst of the ‘Bavarians’, who scored 0-1, at Old Trafford. Kingsley Coman he was responsible for the only goal of the match. Thus, Bayern (leader of Group A) and Copenhagen they advanced to the round of 16 of the competition; in the case of the Danish club, for the second time in its history.
“We didn’t lose the classification today. We had good performances (in the competition), but we made some mistakes, individual errors by the players. In the end we weren’t good enough.”admitted the Red Devils coach. “When the game is going on, you need energy from the bench and, especially on the front line, our options were limited.”
Source: sportbuzz
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