Ten Hag made Man Utd players watch Liverpool celebrate
According to the British Mirror newspaper, coach Erik ten Hag and his associates were present at Man Utd headquarters at 7am on March 6, Manchester time, two hours before the training session. The player had to arrive at the training ground at 9am, and was forced to sit in a room watching the screen of Liverpool players celebrating in the dressing room on the evening of March 5 after the 7-0 victory in the "England Derby". Ten Hag wants to see this as a motivation for the players, so that they never give up so easily again.
The Dutch coach also told the players that they were lucky to be able to return to Manchester on the team bus, instead of having to go with angry Man Utd spectators when they spent money to buy tickets at Anfield. Ten Hag's actions are likened to the "hairdryer" measure of former coach Alex Ferguson the day before.
The 53-year-old coach also warned the players that if they perform like at Anfield again, they will be pushed down to training and playing with the youth team and have no chance of staying in the first team. The 0-7 defeat to Liverpool in the 26th round of the Premier League caused the entire Man Utd team to be scored by the Manchester Evening News 1. After 92 years, the "Red Devils" lost such a big loss.
The former Ajax coach will also arrange more sessions to improve sports psychology for Man Utd players, with expert Rainier Koers. Since leading the team, Ten Hag has focused on the psychological aspect of sports by bringing Koers along. This psychologist worked with Man Utd during the 2022 World Cup break in Cadiz, Spain. It is expected that in the near future, he will continue to improve the morale of the players. Ten Hag does not want Man Utd to fall into the same path last season.
Man Utd is about to play the first match after the defeat of the century, meeting the away team Real Betis in the first leg of the 1/8 round of the Europa League on Thursday 9/3. Midfielder Casemiro is leaving open the possibility of playing because of injury. Three days later, they will take on Southampton in the 27th round of the Premier League.
