Fabrizio Romano has broken down why Erik ten Hag visited Manchester United’s Carrington training complex “really early” on Monday in the wake of the Tottenham defeat.
Manchester United were outclassed by Ange Postecoglou’s men on Sunday in a crushing 3-0 Premier League loss at Old Trafford.
Erik ten Hag’s side were reduced to 10 men after Bruno Fernandes was controversially sent off, with the player’s red card since been overturned.
The Red Devils have endured a tough start to their Premier League campaign under Ten Hag, who has come under mounting criticism over United’s run of form.
United have only managed two wins from their opening six league matches, with the Red Devils left languishing in 13th place in the league table.
Ten Hag led United to their worst finish in the Premier League era after the Red Devils came eighth in the league table in the 2023-24 campaign.
Romano on Ten Hag at Carrington
According to The Daily Mail on Monday, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag arrived at the Carrington training complex ‘early’ after the defeat to Tottenham.
Ten Hag is set to remain in charge at Old Trafford, but the 54-year-old Dutchman faces fierce speculation over his long-term future at the Premier League club.
United now face a tough test against Porto in the Europa League on Thursday before their tricky clash at Villa Park on Sunday in the Premier League.
Speaking on The Here We Go Podcast, Fabrizio Romano revealed that Ten Hag had been keen to “talk to the squad” after Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
He added that Ten Hag’s trip to Carrington was both “tactical” and “motivational,” with the United boss wanting to “immediately” react to the Tottenham defeat.
“Obviously, it’s a difficult day at Manchester United,” Romano said.
“Today, Erik ten Hag arrived really early at Carrington. It was really early in the morning. He wanted to talk to the team. He wanted to talk to the squad, obviously analyse the defeat against Tottenham.
“But also to discuss, on the mental point of view, how to react after this difficult moment. So, it was tactical but also motivational, what happened today at Carrington.
“Difficult moment for Manchester United, but Ten Hag immediately wanted to react.”
Ten Hag talks Man Utd after Spurs defeat
Ten Hag has insisted that United would “bounce back” after admitting that his players were “very disappointed” with the result against Spurs.
“They are very disappointed and that’s normal,” he told Sky Sports.
“But I know them, they are resilient people and they will bounce back.”
When asked if he had a meeting with the United team, Ten Hag responded: “We do this after every game.
“We sit together, we give our opinion and there is a two-way communication from the manager, coaches to the players and back.
“We are on one page and we make sure we are one page and we stay on one page.”
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