Erik ten Hag says he has no regrets taking the Manchester United job | OneFootball

Erik ten Hag insists he has had no second thoughts about taking the Manchester United’s manager’s job as his team prepares for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Arsenal.

“I don’t regret being here for one second,” he said at the pre-match press conference.

“This is a massive club. You don’t know the challenges you have to face until you are in it. But I wanted this challenge and have not had one second when I regret that decision. I am really happy to be here.”

Speaking of the progress this season, he said:

“In the first year I would say it was a good formation. We played to our levels, maybe we over-performed.

“In this one we haven’t and I know why, but we are still in an FA Cup final and that is a great achievement.”

Asked his opinion about those calling for him to be sacked, the manager said:

“I see some comments, either they don’t have any knowledge of football or they don’t have any knowledge about managing a football team.

“I think there are many people who see the problems and they are patient.”

The boss was also asked about team cohesion after Monday night’s shocking 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace.

“If I look at the problems we have faced and all the injuries we have had, in almost every game the players have still fought. There has been great team spirit,” he replied.

“But not on Monday night – and that is why I was disappointed.

“I was really disappointed and the players were disappointed with themselves. There was a collective failure. But in all the other games, we have fought for each other, showed good team spirit – and I don’t have any doubt about this.

“The players fight and there is a good team spirit. I think the fans have seen this. They saw against Brentford how we fought. We did not play well but we fought and stayed in the game.

“At Chelsea, it was a great game, we played very good and we fought. Against Liverpool, we had to adapt the backline because Raphael [Varane] and Jonny [Evans] dropped out, but we fought and got a very good result.”

United’s match against Arsenal kicks off at Old Trafford tomorrow at 4.30pm.

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