Erik ten Hag has admitted he would not know why his Manchester United staff have conceded so many targets throughout their shaky begin to the season.
United recorded extra clear sheets within the Premier League than some other staff final season however thus far this time period they’ve shipped 14 in six video games in all competitions.
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Bayern Munich scored 4 on Wednesday to comply with up back-to-back 3-1 defeats to Arsenal and Brighton.
“We now have proven that we are able to do it as a result of final 12 months we had probably the most clear sheets within the Premier League as a result of we defended excellent as a staff so we now have to get again to these requirements,” Ten Hag informed a information convention on Friday.
“I’m pushing the staff and demanding from the staff initially of the season, however they’re human beings, not robots so why they aren’t doing it, I attempt to discover out and I attempt to get and provides the options and attempt to inspire the gamers to do the job.”
When requested whether or not he knew the explanations behind this season’s poor defensive document, Ten Hag mentioned “no” however insists it isn’t due to a scarcity of “spirit” among the many gamers.
“When you find yourself in a interval like we’re in you at all times as a supervisor you might be asking your self these questions,” he mentioned.
“My job is to get them to do the job. You possibly can see if we bounced again like we did in Munich you possibly can’t say the spirit is not proper. I believe we now have different issues than that.”
United have solely stored one clear sheet this season — in a 1-0 win over Wolves on the opening weekend — and have conceded at the very least two targets in every of their different 5 video games.
Ten Hag is searching for his first win in practically a month when he takes his staff to Burnley on Saturday and the Dutchman says his preparations for the sport at Turf Moor will deal with learn how to repair the leaky defence.
“As a supervisor you could have many instruments and I be certain that I take advantage of them,” he added.
“I can’t say all as a result of there are lots of methods to do it. It’s important to be artistic, it’s a must to be modern, however you might be certain I take advantage of many. You do it in teams, in staff, individually, you do it over video, you do it in private talks. You may have many instruments to educate, to verify the staff is in the fitting path.”