Dutch coach Erik ten Hag, Manchester United’s strategist, did not start the mission at the beginning of the Premier League the way he wanted.
“Of course, this is a step backward and is a real disappointment for all of us. I knew from the beginning that it wouldn’t be easy. We immediately gave them two balls, it was not good for the organization of the game. It was clear that the second half was better in terms of the play in the middle, with Eriksen in the center and Ronaldo up front. We created chances, Rashford had two good chances, we didn’t use them,” said Ten Hag.
“I am not satisfied, completely. We lost, and it wasn’t necessary. We had to play better. We made mistakes in-game organization and defense. We need to learn these lessons quickly. “Brighton is a decent team, all praise for them, but we shouldn’t have allowed them two easy goals”, added the United coach.
United had a chance at the beginning of the match, more precisely in the seventh minute.
“This is a process, we have more difficult times ahead of us. If Bruno had scored at the beginning, it would have been different. He wasn’t concentrating. That goal changes the momentum for the whole team, but again, we had to create more chances”.
He explained the poor reaction to conceded goals.
“It is not only the defense that is to blame. We defend as a team, and we made unnecessary mistakes in passing in the middle when we scored. After that, we needed to organize ourselves better, for everyone to do their job, and that was not the case. We are punished. The second goal was a corner, the ball hit the goal post, it had to be better,” said Ten Hag.
