Erik ten Hag: Man Utd boss unique interview forward of crunch video games at Porto and Aston Villa | Soccer Information

Learn the complete transcript from Sky Sports activities’ unique interview with under-pressure Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, as he reveals he’s “not anxious” over his future and urges his gamers to “stick to the plan” forward of crunch video games at Porto and Aston Villa.

How would you sum up the final 24 hours? What’s it been like?

It is like a course of as you do at all times. You play a recreation and also you evaluate it and take the assessments out, you set your conclusions and you’re taking it from there.

How have you ever processed the Spurs defeat?

It’s by watching it again, watching again the video from the sport after which see the place the issues are, after which discover the options for the issues.

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What number of occasions did you watch it again?

Oh, one time. Generally you scroll somewhat bit again to seek out extra understanding, discover a deeper understanding, however just one time.

Then I had seen alongside the pitch as nicely, so I’ve my view.

What’s your view?

It is a dangerous efficiency and now we have issues and I’ve to handle the issues and to offer the options to the crew.

What sort of issues do you are feeling it’s a must to tackle?

A very powerful is at all times holding the idea. You keep within the recreation by holding the idea. That is an important message that now we have to offer as a result of in the event you lose your religion you lose every little thing.

We now have to maintain going and stick with the plan and transfer on.

Have the gamers misplaced their perception? Confidence is one factor however perception is one thing completely different?

For me, perception and confidence, it has to do with one another. You at all times have to imagine. To imagine as a person and imagine in your team-mate. Consider in your crew and imagine within the plan you execute. That’s completely what you want as a crew whenever you go right into a recreation and through a recreation. It’s a must to maintain this at all times.

Do you are feeling the gamers might take extra accountability by way of recreation administration?

It is shared accountability. That is my job, I’ve to make them play. I’ve to offer directions about how they must play and when there are issues within the recreation, I’ve to show them how they type the issues.

Do you make errors as nicely? Do you’re taking accountability too?

We’re there collectively. When the gamers have a nasty efficiency then I have never achieved my job nice as a result of they did not play as I anticipated them to do. We’re there collectively and now we have to struggle collectively to get out of this.

How a lot time do you suppose it is going to take you, the gamers and the group to get issues proper?

For an extended interval, we’re in transition at Manchester United. From the second I got here in, we knew we needed to change. We needed to substitute some older gamers and produce new gamers in. Our selection was to deliver younger gamers in and you realize that takes time to get the messages on board, to get a recreation mannequin on board and to introduce a brand new tradition that takes time.

Within the meantime, it’s a must to win and I believe now we have confirmed within the final two years, and we win. And I’ve confirmed in my profession that at all times I’ll win. The final six years I’ve eight trophies.

We now have to embed the sport mannequin, now we have to embed a stronger crew as now we have now and so now we have to work on our issues and provides the options. We now have a superb potential on gamers so as soon as it is embedded we’ll go and we’ll drive, and I am positive we’ll obtain the targets now we have set for this season.

What are these targets?

That’s at all times successful trophies and ending as excessive as doable in fact within the league as a result of that’s undoubtedly a vital objective for us.

How large are the issues to unravel?

Nothing is simple, however that is nothing for me to panic about as a result of I expertise it so typically with my groups throughout seasons, that you’re going through these issues.

We are able to type them out, this crew can type this out and when it is within the particular person space we are able to type these issues out.

Administration is momentary is not it, nevertheless it’s simply how lengthy that time period is?

We’re going to make successful from the season.

What have the membership’s possession and management group been saying to you?

We’re speaking regularly. We’re speaking about how we are able to enhance the method.

Followers would demand that course of to be improved rapidly?

We’re all very impatient and our followers are and that’s what they’re entitled to. However we’re undoubtedly impatient as nicely and we need to win each recreation and after we are shedding everyone seems to be disenchanted, everyone seems to be pissed off. It is also our gasoline to get higher.

How impatient are you?

Very impatient. I hate shedding in fact. I’ve to offer the options to my crew, so I’ve to deal with what must be higher.

What was the crew like on Monday?

They’re very disenchanted and that is regular. However I do know them, they’re resilient folks and they’ll bounce again.

Did you could have conferences with them? Has there been a gathering amongst you all?

We do that after each recreation. We sit collectively, we give our opinion and there’s a two-way communication from the supervisor, coaches to the gamers and again. We’re on one web page and we ensure that we’re one web page and we keep on one web page.

So that you really imagine you might be all aligned collectively? Each considered one of you?

Sure, and now we have seen this on this group there’s a good spirit. Even after all of the setbacks from yesterday [Sunday], they saved going. You see that spirit on this crew and also you see it is a crew they need to struggle for one another.

Additionally you’ll be able to see the followers and they’re disenchanted however they saved with us and so they saved supporting us from the primary second till the final second. We’re in it collectively.

There’s at all times noise at Man Utd and you’re the voice and face that everyone sees. How do you take care of that?

If you find yourself managing Manchester United you realize everybody will decide you way more than every other membership. It’s a must to take care of criticism and do not make a giant deal from it and deal with the issues the place you might be appointed to. That’s managing the crew, getting the most effective out of the crew.

Do not deal with adverse opinions on you as an individual. That does not assist the method and I am right here to win so I’ve to indicate my crew that I give the path and maintain entering into that path we need to go.

Are you able to hear what’s being mentioned? And do you take heed to it?

After all I am conscious of it. Generally there are superb suggestions and I take them on board. However many of the occasions I do not learn as a result of that is an excessive amount of. If you find yourself managing this membership it has too many opinions. I can not take all of them and provides my judgment. It is extra necessary I’ve to see the place my crew is, I’ve to see by which state they’re and I’ve once more.

I’ve mentioned it now a number of occasions I’ve to offer options for the issues we face on this second

These options, do you course of these by yourself after a day like Sunday?

After each recreation it’s a must to get your self away from the sport for a interval. I’m additionally an individual. I even have my feelings as a result of I’ve to evaluate the sport clinically and get away from the feelings.

As soon as I get a while away from the final recreation, I am going in it and I evaluate it and I set the best conclusions.

If it would not go proper in these subsequent two video games, do you continue to really feel you may be right here?

I am not serious about it, I am not anxious. We’re collectively.

We created a togetherness in the summertime with the possession and the management.

We made this settlement and we had been all behind it. We additionally know the technique [is to bring in] younger gamers in a transition interval.

In addition they know ultimately after we are Could, in all my final six seasons, at all times there have been trophies. That’s what we’re additionally now aiming for.

Watch Aston Villa vs Manchester United on Sky Sports activities on Sunday from 1pm; kick-off 2pm.