While the British media continues to speculate about his continuation or not on the Old Trafford bench, Erik ten HaagManchester United’s coach, today assured that the club’s owners understand that a number of injuries sustained have contributed to the ‘red devils’ poor season.
United are eighth in the Premier with three games remaining and on Monday they suffered their 13th defeat in the English championship against Crystal Palace (4-0), a negative record in the club’s history. In the FA Cup on May 25 they will play the final against Manchester City, but even a win at Wembley won’t save the Ten Hag.
The arguments of Ten Hags
In this context, the Dutch coach believes that the owners of United, including Jim Ratcliffe up front, they understand why the team has suffered this season. “They have common sense,” Ten Hag said today at the press conference ahead of Sunday’s match against Arsenal at Old Trafford
“When you see that we played 32 different defensive lines, we used 13 different pairs in the double pivot, when they (the owners) see that we don’t have a left back, they know that there will be a negative impact in the results,” said Ten Hagg.
“We know that the reason we are having a poor performance is injuries. No team works when you have so many injuries in key areas,” insisted the Dutch coach.
Mount and Shaw, KO again
Injuries remain a concern for United heading into Sunday, with midfielder Mason Mount suffering a fresh fitness problem after missing almost four months with a muscle injury, while defender Luke Shaw is suffered a setback in his recovery.
Lysander, not yet
The central Lisandro Martinez, who suffered a calf strain last month in a season in which he has played just eleven games, is back in training but will still miss the classic against Arsenal.
Furthermore Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay They’re back in training, but the defenders are still missing Raphaël Varane, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire and Tyrell Malacia, also Luke Shaw.
Source: La Verdad
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