Much scrutiny has understandably been placed on Manchester United’s midfield following the club’s poor start to the Premier League season, but the side has also had a real problem in finding the back of the net.
Manchester United and Erik ten Hag must avoid repeating naive mistake ahead of Premier League opener
07.08.2023 - 17:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We will get our first taste of Erik ten Hag’s refined Manchester United when the new Premier League season begins this week as the Reds hope to serve up a menu of footballing progress.
The Dutchman has put his own stamp on the side since arriving a little over a year ago and a campaign of promise and improvement in 2022-23 has fuelled hopes of more sustained form this time around. The arrival of Rasmus Hojlund from Atalanta has completed a trio of positional signings Ten Hag sought this summer with goalkeeper Andre Onana and midfielder Mason Mount also joining the Reds.
More new signings could follow while United may see several departures in the closing weeks of the transfer window as Ten Hag seeks to offload fringe players. That would represent something close to a perfect window for United and there’s a confidence the Reds are better equipped for the rigours to come than they were a year ago.
Ten Hag will certainly be aiming for an improvement on what was a dismal opening week in 2022. United were beaten at home by Brighton in the season opener and then bludgeoned by Brentford in a 4-0 thrashing in the capital.
"It's no good, definitely. That's not the standard on how we want to act. It's naive, how we played," said the Dutchman after the defeat to the Bees. "You can have a good plan but we had to put the plan into the bin."
It provided Ten Hag with a stark reminder as to the work required and although a home victory over Liverpool kickstarted the campaign, being bottom of the table two games in is a position United should never find themselves in. The mitigation of it being the Dutchman’s first competitive matches, coupled with a worrying mentality, were key issues 12 months ago and United now have the chance to
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