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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

‘We can go toe to toe with them’: Erik ten Hag backs United to supplant City

Erik ten Hag in the dugout at Nottingham Forest.
Looking up: Erik ten Hag believes he can deliver on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s plan to knock their rivals ‘off their perch’. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images

Erik ten Hag wants to topple Manchester City and turn Manchester United into the Premier League’s best once again. The Dutchman takes his side to the Etihad on Sunday 15 points behind their neighbours but believes United have the quality to be champions.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the club’s new minority owner, says his ambition is to knock City “off their perch” in the next three years but United have a lot of catching up to do. “We have to show ambition, we want to be the best. That is what United stands for,” Ten Hag said. “But at the same time, we know where we are now. We’ve also seen that there are moments where we go toe-to-toe, so that’s the belief we have as a team.

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