Erik ten Hag reviews the Bayern Munich game
Tim Sherwood has brutally slammed Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag and sensationally claimed that the Dutchman has not improved a single player. Ten Hag’s side have been in dismal form, compounded by their 4-3 Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
The result in Germany was made to look slightly better by two late Casemiro strikes, with Bayern dominant at the Allianz Arena. Ten Hag’s side have now won just one of their last five matches in all competitions.
Poor form and a series of off-field crises have seen Ten Hag’s work come under scrutiny. The Dutchman oversaw a Carabao Cup triumph and Champions League qualification in his debut campaign – but many onlookers believe he has not done enough.
One of those is former Tottenham head coach Sherwood, who could not name a single United player who has improved in the last 12 months. The ex-Blackburn captain also criticised Ten Hag’s handling of Jadon Sancho’s situation, with the winger banished from the first team after a public falling-out.
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“Erik ten Hag hasn’t improved a single Manchester United player in his time there. I can’t think of any. There are different facets to management. You can be a training ground manager and have your own style of play and all that, but at times it simply comes down to man management,” Sherwood told the William Hill podcast, No Tippy Tappy Football.
“He is losing Jadon Sancho after coming out publicly and criticising him. Perhaps he might have been better off putting an arm round him and trying to get the best out of him rather than discarding him to the reserves and probably never to be seen again in a Manchester United shirt.
“That might have been the best option considering Alejandro Garnacho is not playing his best football at the moment. It’s cutting your nose off to spite your face.
“At Ajax you can just bring a replacement in from the academy and still win matches in what is, with respect, a non-competitive league in the Eredivisie. When you’re at United and you’re struggling you cannot do that.
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“You need as big a group of top players as you can get. Yes, they’ve had injuries but they’ve got World Cup winners in Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane at the back and players with the experience of Casemiro at the heart of the team – they’re underachieving.”
Ten Hag bemusingly argued on Tuesday that he has never been able to select his best starting 11, despite spending over 12 months in the job. Injuries have at times been an issue.
“One thing is true, from the start of last season I don’t think I ever started with, in my opinion, the best starting XI. There was always injuries,” the United boss said after the reverse in Munich.
“We always got results apart from the period we are in now. I have experienced it in the past and managed it. You have to deal with it. I like these situations because you have to handle it and know what to do, and that is focusing on the process.”
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