As Manchester United manager, you must be doing something right if you can ship seven to Liverpool, six to Manchester City and four to Brentford and still be acclaimed for your first season in charge.
And don’t forget, Erik ten Hag was unable to stop a 2-0 lead turning into a 5-2 aggregate defeat against Sevilla in a Europa League quarter-final. The Spanish team went on to lift the trophy after a shockingly poor final in Budapest but they are about to finish La Liga in mid-table.
There have been some truly abysmal performances from United under Ten Hag but those performances have been sporadic enough to have minimal effect on the overall verdict on his opening campaign in England.
