On the evening of August 24th, in the second round of the Premier League, Manchester United conceded a late goal and lost 1-2 to Brighton. After the game, Manchester United’s head coach, Ten Hag, gave an interview stating that the team needs to improve their game management.
After the match, Ten Hag said, “We should have at least drawn the game, and if Zirkzee’s goal had been deemed valid, we might even have won.”
Regarding the disallowed goal, Ten Hag commented, “It’s hard to judge. He was in a sliding position at the time. If he had better control of the situation, perhaps this could have been avoided, but once you’re sliding, it’s difficult to avoid touching the ball. It is indeed tough, but we created multiple chances to score a second goal. We showed resilience and fought back fiercely. We had many opportunities to score more goals. Not winning, and even losing the game, is very disappointing.”
Speaking about conceding late, Ten Hag said, “Two fragile goals conceded, we need to be calmer in both penalty areas and work better as a team. It’s a real shame not to get any points here. We must pick ourselves up and prepare for the important games coming up.”
Regarding transfer news, Ten Hag stated, “The club will officially announce when we have concrete news. We need to find better players, although we have opportunities to sign players, we also need to find the right ones. So far, we are satisfied with the current squad, and we will continue to fight in the league with this team.”
Regarding the performance in the first two matches, he said, “We have great potential, but we must learn how to see things through. We conceded in stoppage time, remember that the game only truly ends when the referee blows the final whistle. We did not handle this well enough, and we need to improve our game management.”