Ten Hag explains the style of play he’s developing at Manchester United
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has stated that he wants his Manchester United side to be “dominating” opponents in the near future.
Asked about his aims over the next two years during a Q&A with United fans, ten Hag stated: “I hope that we have developed a way of play.
“It has to be a proactive way, proactive football and that we are dominating and dictating games against all our competitors, so at the highest level. That is a really good challenge, so when you get that style into the squad, also we’ll see that players will develop to higher levels.
“The improvement not only has to come from being successful in the transfer market. That is definitely a part of it, but also it has to come from improvement that we get by coaching. That’s it, by managing, by coaching, by training.”
“We had a good series of games and we played a lot of games after each other,” Ten Hag added.
“I know players are not robots but we were not happy with our performance at Villa Park on Sunday. We made it quite clear in our analysis: it’s not acceptable, it’s never acceptable.
“We have to deliver every game and that is the culture that has to be here. It’s not good. We can’t change that anymore but it’s clear, we want a reaction tomorrow [Thursday, against Villa in the EFL Cup third round] from the team. We want to get back to what I’ve seen over the last couple of months. A change in attitude, a better winning attitude and, tomorrow, we have to bring that on the pitch.”