Manchester United’s players were told to stop feeling sorry for themselves by a furious Erik ten Hag in the aftermath of their shocking defeat by Brentford.
United were thrashed 4-0 by Brentford on Saturday in an embarrassing result which left the club bottom of the Premier League after two games. The Ten Hag could hardly have got off to a worse start, with Saturday’s defeat coming after a 2-1 loss against Brighton at Old Trafford on the opening weekend of the season.
The mood is already low at United, who finished sixth last season under the management of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick and haven’t won any silverware for five years. Ten Hag is intent on turning around the sinking club but has so far been unable to implement his philosophy on the squad.
