{"id":294954,"date":"2023-11-12T00:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294954"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:09:04","slug":"ruud-gullit-fears-for-erik-ten-hags-job-as-manchester-united-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ruud-gullit-fears-for-erik-ten-hags-job-as-manchester-united-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruud Gullit fears for Erik ten Hag&apos;s job as Manchester United struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ruud Gullit fears for Erik ten Hag&#8217;s job as Manchester United struggle to &#8216;stop the bleeding&#8217; amid terrible start to the season&#8230; as he says &#8216;nobody is afraid of them&#8217; ahead of Luton&#8217;s visit<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>United&#8217;s Champions League hopes hanging by a thread after Copenhagen loss<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gullit said Ten Hag knew he was &#8216;going to get hammered&#8217; after latest setback\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;It&#8217;s Erik ten Games&#8217; \u2013 surely he has to beat Luton now &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ruud Gullit fears for Erik ten Hag&#8217;s job as Manchester United struggle to &#8216;stop the bleeding&#8217; during a disastrous start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night&#8217;s 4-3 loss to Copenhagen left their Champions League hopes dangling by a thread and was the ninth defeat they&#8217;ve suffered in 17 matches this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag is under increasing pressure to turn things around with even United&#8217;s victories being largely unconvincing.<\/p>\n<p>They were two goals in front against Copenhagen when Marcus Rashford was sent off but rallied to lead 3-2 until the closing minutes, before conceding twice.<\/p>\n<p>They host strugglers Luton Town at Old Trafford on Saturday and Dutch legend Gullit fears no match is straightforward anymore for the Reds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/08\/77641819-12733731-image-a-12_1699604606602.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United slumped to their ninth defeat in 17 matches this season as they went down 4-3 to Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/08\/77641581-12733731-image-m-16_1699604639637.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/08\/77641579-12733731-image-a-17_1699604645004.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Ruud Gullit (left) fears for his Dutch counterpart Erik ten Hag (right) amid intense pressure<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/08\/77612469-12733731-image-a-18_1699604752929.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roony Bardghji scored a late winner for Copenhagen to pile on the misery for United\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nobody is afraid of them and everyone wants to play them because they all think they have a chance. That&#8217;s the energy you have to take care of,&#8217; Gullit told BeIN Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Every time you think they have stopped the bleeding and put a plaster on, all of a sudden something comes up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today again you start well and then something strange happens and then you are out of control.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Still, I think you should&#8217;ve done better with 10 men and that&#8217;s for sure, it&#8217;s chaos.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Dutch coach Ten Hag&#8217;s prospects, he added: &#8216;I fear big [for his job]. When I saw him on the pitch after that he was very calm. I feel for him because I think they are going to get hammered the whole week. It doesn&#8217;t look good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The thing is as a coach you think to yourself that first 25 minutes was excellent, that&#8217;s something I can build on and then something happens and it all collapses.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The two late Copenhagen goals sent United tumbling from second in Group A to fourth with European football after Christmas far from guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag&#8217;s side face a daunting trip to Istanbul next to play Galatasaray before they host Bayern Munich in their final group fixture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/08\/77641577-12733731-image-a-19_1699604778530.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire looks dejected after Copenhagen snatched all three points on Wednesday<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/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-12733731\/Ruud-Gullit-fears-Erik-ten-Hags-job-Manchester-United-struggle-stop-bleeding-amid-terrible-start-season-says-afraid-ahead-Lutons-visit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ruud Gullit fears for Erik ten Hag&#8217;s job as Manchester United struggle to &#8216;stop the bleeding&#8217; 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