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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Sport
Keifer MacDonald

Erik ten Hag sends blunt Champions League warning to Liverpool as four-point gap opened

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has hailed the reaction of his players during Saturday's 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers as they look to hold off Liverpool in the fight for Champions League football.

The Red Devils responded to back-to-back defeats away to Brighton and Hove Albion and West Ham United by defeating the Midlands outfit 2-0 thanks to goals from Anthony Martial and Alejandro Garnacho either side of half-time. The victory strengthens United's grasp on fourth place ahead of Liverpool's trip to Leicester City on Monday night.

Speaking to Manchester United's official website, Ten Hagg said of the victory: "We had to bounce back. We had two defeats, individual mistakes, with no energy. So we played slow.

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