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ERIK TEN HAG hammered his Manchester United team on Monday as they began their pre-season with defeat in Norway.
Despite it only being a friendly in which he made 11 outfield changes at half-time, he said it was “not good enough” as the Red Devils went down to an injury time goal.
It was an understrength squad but big names like Marcus Rashford, Aaran Wan-Bissaka, Jonny Evans, Casemiro, Mason Mount took part in the first half.
And tough taskmaster Ten Hag, who has stayed on as United boss despite the threat of the axe was not happy.
He fumed: “The performance is below standard. It is by far not good enough. It is not the standard for top football. I know we cannot be match fit at this stage and we played an opponent with much higher fitness levels, still we are Manchester United and players from Manchester United should play better.”
United lost to an injury-time goal from Noah Holm and the Rosenborg squad, who, to be fair, are 15 games into their season. But a penny for the thoughts of Rashford, who played the first half. (www.thesun.co.uk)
Online Reporter