DBasia.news – The 2021-2022 Premier League season was a bad start for Erik ten Hag. Manchester United, the club he is coaching, immediately obtained two defeats after against Brighton (1-2) and Brentford (0-4).
The defeat immediately shattered the fans’ expectations, which were already high after seeing the pre-season as in both matches the performance of Harry Maguire and his team was poor, especially the coordination in the back and middle lines which resulted in the front line not reciving any ball supply.
The opposing team can easily snatch the ball from the possession of Man United players by pressing, especially this was seen by the horror performance at Brentford headquarters.
When the Brentford players were diligent in pressing at that moment the Man United defense was troubled, unable to get out of the pressure, so many passes were made in non-ideal conditions, when teammates were tight against the opponent.
From the two matches, Ten Hag should have seen the overall performance of the team, as well as individuals whose performance was far from their expectations. One of them is Harry Maguire, in addition to Fred, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho.
That will be Ten Hag’s consideration for the next match, which will not be easy, against Liverpool at Old Trafford, Tuesday (23/08) at 02.00 WIB.
According to reports from Samuel Luckhurst in the Manchester Evening News, Ten Hag is seriously considering having Harry Maguire back against Liverpool. Ten Hag has the potential to pair Lisandro Martinez with Raphael Varane at the back.
If this is true then there is the potential for changes in the line-up to change as well. It also confirms Ten Hag as a firm coach, because he doesn’t indiscriminately choose players as long as they can perform well and are reserved if they perform poorly.