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Rob DawsonReporter
Erik ten Hag says he wants to replace the whole Manchester United the team in the first half after a humiliating 4-0 defeat first Brentford.
Manchester United conceded four times in the first 35 minutes at Gtech Community Stadium and ended the final day of the Premier League standings.
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Ten Hag has replaced Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez and Fred after a poor first-half performance, but the Dutchman, who is the first United manager to lose his first two games since John Chapman in 1921, says he wishes he could knock it off. his entire starting lineup.
Ten Hag said: “I helped three people, but I can change them all.
“We wanted to bring some fresh energy into the game, so it’s not specific to the people we’re supporting because I don’t think that’s honest with them.
“I think we’ve all seen the game and I think Brentford is hungrier. We have to question that and we’ll do in the coming hours. You can have a good plan but we didn’t. have to put the plan in the bin.”
Ten Hag then faced questions about his tactical approach after his team was caught trying to pass the ball from behind for Brentford’s second goal.
The United boss suggested he would not change his style after a second consecutive defeat but admitted his team had been “naive”.
“I don’t want to play from behind when that’s not possible,” he added.
“It was naive for us to play today. You have to play more directly.
“We attract them, the space is on the high court, you have to do that option but that’s what we didn’t. We’ll learn, we’ll have to learn, it’s not good enough and it’s not. is the level and standard of how we want to act.”
It’s a day to forget for David de Geathe first to Josh DasilvaHis shot squirmed under his body and then played a role in an astonishing attempt to play that ended in Mathias Jensen make it 2-0.
“Honestly, I think I lost three points for my team today,” De Gea told Sky Sports.
“After the first and second mistakes, the whole team played very hard. It was a horrible day.
“We should have reacted better but in the moment we live in now, it’s difficult every time we concede a goal. I should have saved the shot and maybe the result would have been different.
“We weren’t like other teams that conceded a goal and they won 5-1 or 6-1. It doesn’t matter if they make a mistake. This is why I think I lost three points today because it was an easy save. and it was 1-0 for them and I felt the whole team going down, going down, going down.”
