10 Hag rejects Man United is in crisis after mostcurrent Premier League loss

Never priorto in the Premier League period had Manchester United lost 3 of its veryfirst 5 videogames at the start of a season.

Losing 3-1 to Brighton on Saturday, Erik 10 Hag’s group composed its name into the club’s history books for the incorrect factors.

It was no surprise then that the United supervisor was asked later if this losing run represented a crisis.

“No,” was his action. “But we have to be extremely dissatisfied, and we have to be extremely irritated with ourselves. Because at United the need is you win videogames.”

United’s fans definitely appeared frustrated. First they mocked when $82 million striker Rasmus Hojlund was changed by alternative Anthony Martial in the 2nd half. And there were more boos after the last whistle blew.

Goals from Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross and Joao Pedro protected Brighton’s fourth-straight win versus United in the league, with Hannibal Mejbri scoring a alleviation for the house group.

The outcome left United 13th in the standings with 6 points, while Brighton moved up to 4th, simply 3 points behind leader Manchester City.

United might drop evenmore down the table if Chelsea beats Bournemouth on Sunday and a season that hadactually started with hopes of a title difficulty is currently in threat of unraveling.

Ten Hag had led the club back into the Champions League in his veryfirst year in charge and likewise won the League Cup. But off-field problems including Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho and Antony have cast an undesirable shadow over the club, while efficiencies on the field have likewise been frustrating.

That kind continued versus a Brighton group that saw late opportunities for Kaoru Mitoma, Evan Ferguson and Ansu Fati conserved by goalkeeper Andre Onana.

“We might rating more objectives, specifically in the last 25 minutes,” stated supervisor Roberto De Zerbi, who included: “the result, I believe, is real.”

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Ten Hag is now preparing for a essential week when United plays at Bayern Munich in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday priorto a journey to Burnley on Saturday.

“There are things from the group and people who have to action up,” he stated. “Sometimes you are in bad duration, hard durations, and you have to face that and offer with that. In this minute we puton’t offer too well with it, however we can do like we revealed last year.

“We can’t blame anybody else, we have to do muchbetter and be more identified, more durable.”

Reporting by The Associated Press.