Erik ten Hag

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has played down their title chances despite moving to within a point of second-placed Manchester City.

But it's also top football, the small details have a big impact and we have to keep working on that and keep investing in that." "The fans may dream but we're not," Ten Hag said. "We have to keep our feet on the ground and then face that our game has a lot to improve."

Goals from Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford sealed a comeback win for Man Utd over Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday; United up to third in the ...

In top football small details have a big impact and we have to keep working on that and keep investing in that." We have to keep our feet on the ground and face that in our game there's a lot to improve," he said. But we scored in the right moment. The feeling at half time was we should have had the lead in this game. We tried to get back the control of the first half. in our game there's a lot to improve," said Ten Hag

Ten Hag worked under Guardiola in Germany with the Dutchman in charge of the Bayern Munich reserves while the Spaniard managed the first team. The two then went ...

However, they would fall behind on the hour mark. All the talk heading into the first clash between Guardiola and Ten Hag was about Erling Haaland, who was going into his first Manchester derby in fine form. Ten Hag worked under Guardiola in Germany with the Dutchman in charge of the Bayern Munich reserves while the Spaniard managed the first team.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he could see both sides of the argument over Bruno Fernandes' controversial equaliser against Manchester City.

In top football you have to suffer and sacrifice to get the right result. "The belief is back and we're in a good direction. They have qualities in split-moments to score goals. The spirit of the team is so huge, the belief is there that the game is 90 minutes and we can fight back. Bruno came from the back – but I can see it from the other side." We defended very well and broke in good opportunities.

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Benefit of doubt accrues to attacking teams and the goal was good. And ten Hag will be eying up the leaders Arsenal. Cue pandemonium and a committee of City players surrounding ref Stuart Atwell when the VAR eventually confirmed the goal. And he was the player who pushed Rashford aside and made the finish for 1-1. Haaland might be a monster of a player but it is as though the cogs of the machine are now slightly out of kilter. [Erik ten Hag](/sport/erik-ten-hag/index.html) is the man to who can finally command the dug out opposite The Sir Alex Ferguson stand, with the list of all those trophies he won in 26 years, and not wilt in its shadow. Given the chance to lob Edrson when through on goal, he opted to round him and struck tamely into Kyle Walker. The smooth-running passing machine has a glitch. Yet United retreated even after the changes. And yet they didn’t seem to quite believe in themselves when in attacking positions. But the baby steps back to parity start with comebacks such as this. And yet when Rashford broke free to connect with Alejandro Garnacho’s cross on 82 minutes to

The new United are resilient and defensively committed. Against City, they put their bodies on the line. Players like Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw and Rashford ...

This isn't a City crisis but they do have to find new ways of creating chances and being more penetrative outside the Etihad. Not many 18-year-olds could handle the occasion with a combination of maturity and fearlessness. Things like that come from a place of desire and confidence which Rashford now has in addition to his undoubted ability. Even before Rashford scored his winner, the England striker symbolised a new spirit at the club. Tactically, the Dutchman is also shrewd. [Luke Shaw](/sport/luke-shaw/index.html) and Rashford himself were written off a year ago.

Erik Ten Hag, a former apprentice of Pep Guardiola became the master as his Manchester United side won 2-1 against Manchester City.

Garnacho however made all the difference on the left. However, Ten Hag’s tactical change made all the difference in United’s come back. Ten Hag’s men went into the game in fine form and wanted to prove a point. It proved that Ten Hag’s tactical decisions and ability to change fundamentals is impressive. Garnacho took his place on the left, Marcus Rashford moving centrally with Fernandes into the 10 role. Ten Hag was heavily defeated by Guardiola’s Manchester City at the Etihad in the reverse fixture, however at Old Trafford it played out differently.

Manchester United show the lessons learned under Erik ten Hag with statement derby win over Manchester City.

What can be stated without contradiction is that United are, at last, moving back in the right direction. Ten Hag still has much work to do after the barren years of under-achievement but to have United third in the Premier League and right on City's heels is an outcome everyone with any association with the club would have snatched at in August. Ten Hag's arrival, and his measured approach, meant this was always going to be a case of managerial evolution rather than revolution - but the best way to prove the graph is on an upward curve is to beat the champions, especially when those champions happen to be Manchester City. The winning goal means Rashford has scored in each of his last seven games in all competitions, eight in total, and has been on target in each of his last nine appearances at Old Trafford, the first United player to do so since Teddy Sheringham in late 2000. At the heart of it all is the tactically astute, disciplinarian Ten Hag, who is putting an even stronger stamp on Manchester United with every passing week, looking more at home and suited to the task than many who have preceded him in recent years. Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been beaten here by United this season but victory over Premier League champions City, and the manner in which it was achieved, is by far the most powerful statement of Ten Hag's tenure.

Rashford scored for the ninth successive home match in all competitions to snatch a late win for United over its city rival, moving Ten Hag's team to within ...

“The decision is they didn’t believe Rashford was intervening in this stadium. “Rashford is offside, Bruno is not offside, the question is interference. “We have improved, that is obvious.

The England star scored for the ninth successive home match in all competitions to snatch a late win for United over derby rival Manchester City.