Erik ten Hag has opened up on the gruelling punishment he put the Manchester United squad through following their chastening 4-0 defeat at Brentford back in August.
The Dutchman has steadied the ship at United by guiding the club back into the Champions League, but he made the worst possible start to his Old Trafford premiership with back-to-back defeats against Brighton and Brentford. After losing against the Seagulls on the opening day of the Premier League season, United were then thumped by the Bees - a result that saw United's opponents outrun them by a staggering 8.5 miles.
In the days that followed the Brentford game, reports outlined how Ten Hag hauled his players in on their day off to complete an 8.5 mile run in the heat to atone for their calamitous performance in west London.
