‘It was toe to toe’ – Erik ten Hag believes Manchester United didn’t deserve to lose to Man City

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag feels his side were impressive despite our disappointing 3-0 defeat against Manchester City.

The Dutchman insists key moments won the game for City as he pointed to the penalty conceded and missed chances by the United team.

“You see first half it is toe to toe and just the penalty changes the game,” opined the Dutchman.

“But even then we could have returned in the game with the shot of Scott McTominay just before half-time.

“It was very toe to toe and also in the previous games against them in the FA Cup final and in January it was very close. So the probability we could have won was there in all the games.

“Of course it is disappointing, but last year we had many highlights,” he added.

“First half we had a very good gameplan and the execution was also very good. It was toe to toe in the first half and it was very similar, but then the penalty changed the moment. Then second half we chose to become more offensive and 2-0 is too quickly. From that point on it was a difficult game.”