Yesterday was another nightmare for Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United, with time surely fast running out for the Dutch tactician as Red Devils manager.
Ten Hag’s side were really poor as Tottenham earned a comfortable 3-0 win at Old Trafford, with Brennan Johnson scoring early on and with Man Utd never really threatening a comeback at any point.
This follows United also losing 3-0 at home to Liverpool earlier this season, while they’ve also had some poor draws recently, being held by Crystal Palace in the Premier League and Twente in the Europa League.
BBC Sport have put together some stats on quite how badly things are going for United, and it surely points towards Ten Hag being shown the door sooner rather than later.
Ten Hag stats surely show there’s no way back for the Man United manager
Erik ten Hag is struggling at Man United (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
As per the BBC’s piece, Ten Hag’s United are now on their joint-fewest ever points after six games of a Premier League season, while it’s also their lowest goal tally apart from the start of 2007/08. On top of that, they’ve now suffered more league matches by three or more goals since Sir Alex Ferguson retired than they ever did under the legendary Scottish tactician. It’s also the first time United have lost consecutive home league games without scoring since the end of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s reign.
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Basically, it’s highly ominous for Ten Hag, who just hasn’t made the progress you’d expect after being given a lot of time to implement his philosophy and tactics, whilst also being given plenty to spend on changing the squad.
So much of this squad is now made up of players signed under Ten Hag, including a few former Ajax players such as Antony, Lisandro Martinez, Andre Onana, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.
While Ten Hag’s sacking might not exactly be imminent, MUFC are…
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