After Manchester United had laboured and battled to an FA Cup semi-final shoot-out victory over Brighton, Erik ten Hag was asked about the possibility of having to stop Manchester City doing the treble. The Dutch coach had initially talked about wanting to win every game and only focusing on themselves but, when inevitably pressed on the importance of United being the only club to win the treble, he insisted his team were determined to protect their proud record. Especially when City are the opposition.
“We will give everything and, when I say everything, it’s everything… the fans can rely on that,’’ he declared. “We want to give that against City. We want to go and give the fans that.”
