Erik ten Hag will be sweating on the fitness of Rasmus Hojlund over the international break after the striker came off with a hamstring injury during Manchester United's 1-0 win over Luton Town.
25.10.2023 - 19:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Michael Owen has backed Erik ten Hag to continue as Manchester United manager, but the former striker admits he's concerned about the team's lack of identity.
United appointed Ten Hag to replace interim boss Ralf Rangnick last year and he guided the club to third in the table in his first season, as well as ending their six-year trophy drought. After a testing start to this season, the Dutchman has overseen three straight wins heading into the Manchester derby.
Ten Hag and his team welcome neighbours Manchester City to Old Trafford in their next match on Sunday afternoon (3.30pm). However, while he accepts there have been encouraging signs since Ten Hag stepped into the dugout, ex-United man Owen believes the jury is still out on the Dutchman.
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During an interview with DAZN Bet, Owen said: "The one thing that I say to people is that if you put Man City in front of me and changed the colours of their shirts and the faces of the players, I could watch them for about 30 seconds and say 'that's Man City playing'.
"I could do the same with Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and virtually every other team. They just have an identity, but I watch United and still don't know what they are.
"I don't know if they are a counter-attacking team, I don't know if they are a possession team, I don't know if they press from the front. I don't feel they have this identity of what other teams have got.
"That's my worry as I don't know where their destination is, I don't know what the end-game is, I don't know what they are building, they are just a bit of everything at the moment."
Owen added: "At some
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