Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, has revealed that he told his players that they needed to change their mentalities if they wanted to win titles.
Erik ten Hag told his players this after Arsenal came from behind to defeat Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.
Marcus Rashford scored the game’s first goal in the 17th minute during Manchester United’s Premier League match on Sunday. However, Arsenal equalized less than 7 minutes later through the boots of Eddie Nketiah.
Arsenal took the lead in the second half thanks to a goal from Bukayo Saka. However, Martnez equalized for the visitors six minutes later.
Following that, it appeared that the game would end in a 2-2 draw, but Manchester United’s defense lost focus in the final minutes of the game, as Nketiah scored the game-winning goal in the 90th minute.
The 3-2 victory relegated Manchester United to fourth place with 39 points from 20 games. While Arsenal maintained their league lead with 50 points in 19 games, five points ahead of second-place Manchester City.
After the 3-2 stunning defeat, United’s coach Erik ten Hag said:
I am annoyed and I told the players if you want to win titles and medals, you have to change the mentality.
You are in a top game and you are making such big mistakes.
We started the game very well, scored, are leading, and then make so many actually unacceptable mistakes.
You have to feel the game, realize that the maximum we would take from it at that moment was a point, and then take that point.
You cannot give such a goal away as we did or you can’t win trophies.
We’ve already seen how the mentality of the players has changed over the last couple of months. But we have noticed that we still have a way to go to get to the top level.
They have to realize a game is only finished when the ref blows.
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