Erik ten Hag, the manager of the 'worst team in the Premier League', insists he will 'keep fighting' and remains adamant that he is the man who will take Manchester United forward next season.
United were humiliated by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, defending badly in the absence of Bruno Fernandes and failing to produce much of anything, but with a brace from Michael Oliseh and a strike from Jean-Philippe Mateta. Tyrik Mitchell's extra goal eliminated the Red Devils to 13th place. It was the most losses in season history.
Under 23s will do better
After the match, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher claimed United were the “worst manager in the Premier League” and thought the under-23s could have done better.
“They are the worst managed team in the Premier League. No Manchester United team should lose 4-0 to Crystal Palace.
“I understand the injury problem, but Manchester United's under-23s will be coached and taught how to play through the academy.
“If Manchester United Under-23s played Crystal Palace tonight, I don't think they would have lost 4-0 tonight.”
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Tembabaa vows to “keep fighting”
Tembabaa After the match, he admitted that he had performed poorly, but insisted that he would continue to fight.
he said: This is reducing performance. We couldn't do what we wanted to do, and that's far from enough. We are very disappointed, but our fans will always be behind us and we will continue to fight, just as they have done for us.
“There's always a reason, everyone is looking at our backline and we have a big problem. At the end of the day, we have to deal with it and we should have done better.”
Asked if he was capable of rebuilding Manchester United, Ten Hag said: “I keep fighting and I prepared the team in the best way I could, but it wasn't enough. It wasn't enough. ” he said. I have to take that responsibility, but I will find the energy and prepare for Sunday's game.
“Throughout the season we've faced big problems and this is our fourth loss this year, but it's no big deal and we've faced big problems every time and solved them time and time again. That wasn't the case today.
And Ten Hag is adamant he is the one to turn things around at Old Trafford.
“Obviously, we have a good team, if they are available, because we have the right players. We miss almost everyone in the backline and we have problems.”