Erik ten Hag has spoken about his losing debut at Manchester United.
The Dutch coach suffered a 2-1 defeat at “Old Trafford” already in the first match in the Premier League and the one from Brighton who did not know about victory in that stadium.
Ten Hag said after the match that he feels very disappointed with the performance they did, but that he knew it would not be an easy match.
Of course, this is definitely a failure and a real disappointment. I knew from the beginning that it would not be easy”, the United strategist initially declared.
“Obviously in the second half we were better in midfield with Eriksen lower and Ronaldo playing higher. We created chances, Rashford had two good chances. Too bad we didn’t score.”
“I am unhappy, completely unhappy. We lost and we shouldn’t have. We must do better. We made mistakes when we played with the ball, as well as organizational mistakes in defense. We have to learn from this.”
“We could do better with the players we have,” added Ten Hag after the debut match in English football’s elite
