Ten Hag lauds Manchester United for ‘discovering a method to win’


Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag has praised his facet for “discovering a method to win” after the Purple Devils beat Southampton 3-0 on the South Coast.

It was a shaky begin for the away facet at St Mary’s Stadium after Diogo Dalot gave away a penalty within the first half, just for Andre Onana to avoid wasting Cameron Archer’s spot kick.

Minutes later, Matthijs de Ligt netted his first Manchester United objective, flicking a header in from Bruno Fernandes’ curling cross.

Marcus Rashford made it two earlier than half-time, scoring from exterior the field after doing nicely to shift the ball onto his proper foot.

And Alejandro Garnacho netted with the final kick of the sport to compound the Saints to a different loss of their return to the Premier League.

Ten Hag appeared delighted after the match and praised his gamers for his or her resilience.

He mentioned: “We’ve to win each recreation and we did at this time.

“Generally you need to discover a method to win. First minutes of the sport we had some issues however after Andre [Onana] stopped the penalty and the objective by Matthijs de Mild, the sport was all ours.

“The beginning was not straightforward. I believe the penalty was the turning level within the recreation and never thus far after we scored and that was essential.”

It has been a tough interval for each De Ligt and Rashford, who’ve been underneath scrutiny for his or her performances during the last 12 months.

However the Dutch supervisor jumped to the defence of each of them.

On De Ligt, he added: “I’m not stunned. At this second he isn’t match, he’s not at 100% pace. He wants the video games to go as much as it.

“We see glimpses now and as soon as he’s there he’ll do significantly better. We’re pleased with him and particularly at this time together with his recreation.”

On Rashford, he mentioned: “It’s essential. For each striker, they wish to be on the scoring record. As soon as the primary is in, extra is coming.

“As soon as a striker was speaking a couple of ketchup bottle, as soon as it’s going, it’s coming extra.”

United should be able to go once more within the week as they face Barnsley within the Carabao Cup earlier than taking up Crystal Palace subsequent weekend.

 





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