Erik ten Hag reacted positively to West Ham’s defeat, praising Manchester United’s “standards”.

Erik ten Hag reacted positively to West Ham’s defeat, praising Manchester United’s “standards”.

Manchester United suffered their 13th defeat of the season at the hands of West Ham, but manager Erik ten Hag decided to focus on their performance in east London.

Eric Ten Hag has urged Manchester United to live up to their own standards in defeat to West Ham.
United have lost more games than they have won in all competitions this season and this has been one of their least exciting performances. Offensive woes have plagued the Red Devils throughout the season, and this latest loss marked the first four consecutive shutouts since 1992.
However, the United manager was pleased with that aspect of the game and insisted his side were the better of the two before West Ham’s first goal. Ten Haag told the BBC: “I think it was a good 72 minutes. We didn’t risk it.

“We should have taken the lead but we didn’t and it was an unbelievable moment.” He praised the players and showed that United can handle the competition. Despite performing poorly against 9 other teams, they finished in the top 10. “We’re not the first at the moment, but last week we saw ourselves competing against each other in this competition,” explains Ten Haag. “We didn’t score and we had the best chances of the game. “We defended really well there for 90 minutes, which should always be our standard, as we did there. “You have to take it with you to every game,” he said.

It was one of the few chances in the first half, but Alejandro Garnacho saved the only chance against Alphons Areola. In the second half, the momentum finally shifted in West Ham’s favor when Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring in the 72nd minute.
Bowen’s initial effort was blocked by Lucas Paqueta’s perfectly weighted ball and saved by Andre Onana, but the save hit the striker’s shin and into the back of the net. Five minutes later the Hammers doubled their lead.
Kobbi Mainu flicked a simple pass under the boot and Paqueta managed to play it through Mohammed Qudous. The Ghanaian international was in fine form and made no mistake to double West Ham’s lead and add to United’s woes.
With United’s 13 defeats in all competitions for the remainder of the season and exit from the Champions League and Carabao Cup, there are fears among Old Trafford fans that the team has nothing left to play for. . Like December.