Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been criticised by Paul Merson for opting to play Wout Weghorst in the deeper number 10 role against Liverpool.
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A battling 1-0 win at Leicester City last September was welcomed among the 3,000 travelling supporters and millions more worldwide as a step in the direction of stability following an opening fortnight of chaos.
United were well beaten by Brighton in their first game of the season and followed that up by being embarrassed at Brentford, before Erik ten Hag retained his side's composure to beat Liverpool, Southampton and then the Foxes. Vintage United it was not, but the Reds held firm at the King Power and could arguably have nicked a couple more on the counter, had they been more clinical.
As Brendan Rodgers' side poured forward in search of a leveller, all too often gaps were left but not exploited by a United side still finding their feet after two early-season blows. It was a point not missed by Ten Hag in his post-match press conference, with the Dutchman ruing missed opportunities to go for the jugular and kill off a game that still had life in it right up until the final whistle.
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"A step forward," Ten Hag said of the hard-fought 1-0 win. "We are happy with that and again a good team spirit and eleven players on the pitch fighting for each other.
"We can be [more] dangerous in the transition moments. There were many spaces in the second half but we did not explore them that well. We should have scored a second goal. We have to be more [ruthless]. There is room for improvement. I am happy with the clean sheet. The XI on the pitch defend and attack together. You can see what we can achieve."
Five-and-a-half months later, you'd be hard-pressed to find a team in Europe more clinical in transition. Marcus Rashford equalled his best-ever
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