Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has praised Erik ten Hag after the win against Tottenham on Wednesday night, as Patrice Evra admitted he would rather have Antonio Conte as manager ahead of kick-off.
United got back to winning ways in the Premier League thanks to second-half goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes. It was a dominant display from Ten Hag's side, as the Reds outclassed the North London club in every department, having more possession, shots, shots on target, corners and passes than Conte's side.
The Italian was heavily linked with a potential move to Old Trafford recently, before Ten Hag was eventually confirmed as United's next permanent manager over the summer.
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Evra admitted though that he would have preferred Conte to become the next United manager ahead of kick-off on Wednesday night.
He told Amazon Prime Video: "I really wish [Conte] was the United manager, but now we have Ten Hag. Arsenal fans need to worry, because Antonio is in the house."
Although Evra's comments were made before United's comprehensive victory, his former teammate Ferdinand saw things differently, as he heaped praise on Ten Hag following the 2-0 win.
Speaking on his YouTube channel after full-time, Ferdinand said: "You wouldn’t say that right now [that he would rather have Conte over Ten Hag]. Antonio Conte is a great manager, he’s got some great, strong traits that I really admire. He’s a winner, he dictates, he’s massive on discipline, he’s fiery, he’s passionate, he’s a man about details.
"But right now, if you look at the two teams and who’s playing the better football, Spurs for me at the moment are playing really poor football. Especially against the big teams. I watched them against Arsenal at the Emirates. They just camped in their own box for most the game. They looked dangerous on the counter, that was it.
"[Against United] they got outplayed in big parts of the game if not all of the game and didn’t look like scoring, really. They don’t look like a team that have any confidence. If you were to give Ten Hag a mark out of 10 for the season so far, he would probably come out with… I don’t know about a better number [than Conte] but I think the trajectory looks better for Ten Hag."
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