Manchester United's players will sit down with Erik ten Hag and analyse what went wrong against Manchester City on Monday.
That's according to Christian Eriksen, who gave an honest assessment of United's abject performance after their 6-3 defeat in the Manchester derby. Ten Hag's side went into the match with confidence after a four-game winning streak in the league but were soon given a reality check as City blew them away. It could have come even earlier but only eight minutes were on the clock when Phil Foden opened the scoring.
Erling Haaland then bagged a brace before Foden scored again to make it the second time United have gone in at half-time 4-0 down this season already. Antony scored a stunning goal after the break but any dreams of a comeback were quickly dashed as Haaland and Foden completed their hat-tricks.
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A late Anthony Martial double made the scoreline a bit more respectable on paper but there were few positives to take from the performance. The players are set to meet with the manager on Monday to analyse the defeat.
"As a group, everyone will be looking at themselves, we will have a meeting with the manager tomorrow to go through everything that went wrong today," Eriksen told Sky Sports. "We have to take this as a tough defeat and it is about getting back up and show character. We need to do that.
Eriksen also explained the mood within the dressing room after the defeat, with the whole squad understandably feeling terrible about the result.
"It came very heavy, everyone feels it as a very bad day at the office," the Dane added. "We started on the wrong foot and they had a lot of chances from kick-off. We have to blame ourselves.
"The main focus from this game should be on ourselves and there are many things we have to change. It was far from acceptable. You always want to beat the rivals and win the derbies. It is something we need to do better next time.
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