Erik ten Hag insists he is not thinking about being sacked and called for more time to turn Manchester United around after Sunday's 3-0 defeat by Tottenham.
United made it three defeats from their first six Premier League games of the season in a wretched display against Ange Postecoglou's side, which saw captain Bruno Fernandes shown a straight red card before the interval and Kobbie Mainoo forced off through injury.
Ten Hag is now set to face a barrage of fresh speculation about his future and pressure from the club's part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who decided to keep the Dutchman in post after last season's FA Cup Final win over Manchester City and handed him a new contract.
Asked if he feared the sack following consecutive 3-0 defeats at home in the league, Ten Hag said: "No, I am not thinking about this.
"We all made in togetherness in this decision to stay together, as an ownership, a leadership group in the summer. Also we made the decision from a clear review what we have to improve and how we want to construct a squad but we knew it will take some time, how the window went, some players late in like [Manuel] Ugarte, also we have to make some improvement in organisation, some injuries, we need some time.
"We are all on one page or in one boat together, the ownership, the staff and the players as well. I don’t have that concern [about being sacked]."
Spurs took the lead inside three minutes at Old Trafford when Brennan Johnson tapped in after a brilliant run from inside his own half by Micky van de Ven.
Fernandes was sent off shortly before the interval for a challenge on James Maddison and Spurs added a second at the start of the second half through the brilliant Dejan Kulusevski. Dominic Solanke scored a close-range third, prompting thousands of United supporters to stream out of Old Trafford long before full-time.
“It is a bad start of the game, Tottenham were dominant, we made many mistakes in possession that we should not make," Ten Hag said.
"We couldn’t pass out of the press and made wrong decisions. We had chances to come back and then the red card changed the game.
“I don’t think it was a red card. It was only 1-0, we could have made a comeback and it had a big impact on the game.
“Our first half was no good, it is not possible that a player can dribble through our whole team and set up a goal. You have to stop that. I made clear before the game how we have to defend it.
“We lost confidence, we can do better and all of the players know this. We were indisciplined. We were too stressed on the ball.
"It is always a new day. I told the players we have to learn, do things better and be better on the ball. There were situations when we could have kept the ball and found the spare man.
“I don’t want to talk about progress after such a defeat. We have to deal with this.”
