{"id":294059,"date":"2023-11-03T21:23:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294059"},"modified":"2023-11-03T21:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:23:56","slug":"how-it-ended-for-erik-ten-hags-predecessors-at-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/how-it-ended-for-erik-ten-hags-predecessors-at-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"How it ended for Erik ten Hag&apos;s predecessors at Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pressure is building on Erik ten Hag and history tells us it&#8217;s a long road back when Manchester United are in crisis&#8230; here&#8217;s how it ended for his Old Trafford predecessors<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Erik ten Hag is under mounting pressure amid Man United&#8217;s disastrous start<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The end of his predecessors&#8217; tenures should serve as a warning to the Dutchman\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is Erik ten Hag out of his depth at Man United? Listen here to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here we go again. Manchester United in crisis. The manager under pressure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag is the latest to feel the heat, the Dutchman the bookies&#8217; second favourite to become the next Premier League boss to be sacked.<\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back 3-0 home defeats by Manchester City in the Old Trafford derby and a weakened Newcastle team in the Carabao Cup have plunged Ten Hag into crisis just 18 months after he was appointed.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson spent more than a quarter of a century in charge of United, but none of his successors have lasted particularly long in the job.<\/p>\n<p>As Ten Hag fights to avoid becoming the latest ex-United manager, <span>Mail Sport<\/span> looks at the tipping points for the four men who preceded him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360119-12706573-image-a-11_1699009957418.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag has been left scratching his head at Manchester United&#8217;s poor start to the season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77359037-12706573-image-a-18_1699010022046.jpg\" height=\"276\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<h2>DAVID MOYES<\/h2>\n<p><span>Olympiacos 2-0 Man United, February 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After United suffered a shock defeat by the Greeks, ex-Old Trafford chief Ed Woodward took a picture of the scoreboard in Piraeus and kept it on his desk as a reminder of what it was like to hit rock bottom. If only he knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moyes&#8217;s team retrieved the tie at home three weeks later, winning 3-0 to move into the quarter-finals where they lost to Bayern Munich. But the damage was done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Chosen One had been anointed by Ferguson, but Woodward was already looking for a replacement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moyes didn&#8217;t last the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360125-12706573-image-m-13_1699009966041.jpg\" height=\"517\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was a 2-0 away defeat to Olympiacos which was the beginning of the end for David Moyes<\/p>\n<h2>LOUIS VAN GAAL<\/h2>\n<p><span>Stoke 2-0 Man United, December 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman suffered a nightmare before Christmas in 2015 when a run of four straight defeats culminated in a miserable Boxing Day in the Potteries and convinced the United board that change was needed in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Van Gaal steadied the ship but offered to quit following another defeat at home to Southampton a month later.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward persuaded his manager to have a change of heart but knew it was only a temporary reprieve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When a much happier Van Gaal lifted the FA Cup in May, he quickly realised it would be his farewell gift to the club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360123-12706573-image-a-14_1699009976128.jpg\" height=\"466\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Following defeat at Stoke City, United were already planning for life after Louis van Gaal<\/p>\n<h2>JOSE MOURINHO<\/h2>\n<p><span>Liverpool 3-1 Man United, December 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to pin down Mourinho&#8217;s demise at United to a single game.<\/p>\n<p>Once the Portuguese had vacated the premises and the club was in detox, one senior executive described Mourinho&#8217;s departure as &#8216;death by a thousand cuts&#8217;, so plentiful were the reasons for sacking him.<\/p>\n<p>By the time United arrived at Anfield shortly before Christmas, the cuts had turned into open wounds &#8211; none bigger than Mourinho&#8217;s rift with Paul Pogba who was an unused substitute in a lame defeat against their bitter rivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho was gone 48 hours later and few tears were shed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360121-12706573-image-a-15_1699009981142.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho (right) was binned after United were routinely beaten away against Liverpool<\/p>\n<h2>OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><span>Man United 0-5 Liverpool \/ Man United 0-2 Man City &#8211; October\/November 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back home defeats against United\u2019s big rivals in the autumn of 2021 persuaded the Old Trafford hierarchy there would be no happy ending to Solskjaer\u2019s fairytale return.<\/p>\n<p>United were hammered by Liverpool at Old Trafford and it was just as bad in the Manchester derby, even if the scoreline didn\u2019t do justice to City\u2019s dominance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plan was to keep him on until the end of the season, but a 4-1 defeat at Watford meant Solskjaer was gone by the end of November.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360133-12706573-image-m-17_1699009988799.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Two home defeats to Liverpool and Manchester City put paid to belief in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12706573\/Pressure-building-Erik-ten-Hag-history-tells-long-road-Manchester-United-crisis-heres-ended-Old-Trafford-predecessors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Pressure is building on Erik ten Hag and history tells us it&#8217;s a long road back when Manchester United are in crisis&#8230; 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