Erik Ten Hag Explains Why Man United Disgraceful Result Is Likely To Be A One-Off

Manchester United were ripped apart by Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp’s side recorded their biggest-ever competitive win against the Red Devils on Sunday.

The result saw United suffer their joint-heaviest ever competitive defeat, alongside 7-0 losses to Wolves in 1931, Aston Villa in 1930, and Blackburn in 1926.c

United’s impressive run of form came crashing to a halt on Sunday as they suffered their heaviest defeat of Ten Hag’s reign at Old Trafford.

Cody Gakpo put Liverpool in front before half but a staggering collapse from United in the second half saw Liverpool score six more without reply as Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez scored two each, Gakpo netted his second of the game, while Roberto Firmino struck in the closing stages to complete the win.

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Speaking after the Liverpool loss, Erik ten Hag said: “If it was more often of course, then it is a pattern.

“But we had so many good results in the last weeks and months, so many good performances and this was a really bad performance. And then I talk about the second half because the first half, I think this team, our team, played really well, played really decent.

“I have had some, the bad days, but also there are days where if you do the right things, if you react with the right matches, as a manager and as a team, you can learn a lot from it and you can strengthen your mentality.”

Ten Hag slammed the Man United players for being ‘unprofessional’ in the second half – which resulted in them conceding six goals when that really shouldn’t have happened.

The Dutchman will hope to discipline his players and get them back to winning ways in the next game against Real Betis.