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Erik ten Hag explains how Manchester United can move through a "difficult process" following Saturday's defeat.

We have to encourage them, but also they have to get it by themselves because they know they are good players. The belief, you have to bring on the pitch for yourself and as a team.” I will work on that.” It’s a big responsibility and I take that. United started confidently at the Gtech Community Stadium, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford showing sharp touches on the ball. “Yeah, this is the truth,” he said.

Saturday's 4–0 loss to Brentford exposed the Red Devils for what they are: a club without a plan run by a manager with misplaced tactics.

He was presumably brought in to try to impose an Ajax-style system at United. But Ajax presses and he has a forward line that doesn’t press. Is ten Hag the man to enact that? But ten Hag is two games into his reign, and he’s the first United manager to lose his first two games since John Chapman in 1921. Brentford registered three times as many pressures in the final third as United in Saturday. That is true in terms of infrastructure and backroom staff. Docherty’s first full season ended in relegation, but he was kept on and allowed to continue his rebuild, finishing third in 1976 and then lifting the FA Cup in 1977 before being sacked over his affair with the physio’s wife.

Manchester United has started the Premier League season with back-to-back defeats. (CNN) Manager Erik ten Hag said Manchester United's game plan ...

But it's no good, it's quite clear at this level." "It's naïve how we played today. "Brentford was more hungry, one, and two, we conceded goals (from) individual mistakes," ten Hag told reporters after the match.

Erik ten Hag cancelled a scheduled day off for his Manchester United squad and held an extra training session after their humiliation at the hands of ...

That is what we didn't do." The team has to take responsibility. We need higher standards than that, that's clear," the 52-year-old told beIN Sports after the game.

Manchester United have got off to a shoddy start this season in the Premier League after embarrassing defeats to Brighton and Brentford under Erik ten Hag.

He played to their strengths and sacrificed parts of his style of play to make the best of a bad situation. It has led to some fans gushing praise on Solskjaer for his handling of the club over three years. There were dark times under the club legend but the final nail in the coffin was a 4-1 defeat to Watford in November 2021.

Furious boss cancels Man Utd's day off as players forced into humiliating training exercise.

The shocking margin was another element of ten Hag’s brutal punishment, as Burt claims the Dutchman forced his players to cover 13.8km throughout the training session conducted in 30-degree heat, “exactly the distance they collectively ran less than the Brentford players during the game.” And according to The Telegraph’s Jason Burt, ten Hag was furious with what his team served up against the Bees and ordered his team to come to the club’s training ground for a punishing extra session. Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag reportedly cancelled a planned day off for his players and forced them into a humiliating running exercise as the fallout from the shock Brentford defeat continues.