Sky Sports’ Paul Merson on Man Utd: “When I watch them, it reminds me of the second half of extra time in a cup game. It’s wide open, the game is end-to-end and that’s no good for Man Utd. They can’t keep playing what I call hope football. That’s not good enough for Man Utd.”
In his latest column for Sky Sports, Paul Merson says Erik ten Hag could be under severe pressure at Man Utd with poor results against Chelsea and Liverpool this week following a ‘shocker’ of a performance at Brentford.
Man Utd’s performance at Brentford was an absolute shocker. It was a real wake-up call.
A few weeks ago they are beating Liverpool in the FA Cup, getting to semi-finals and everything is great.
They just got destroyed by Brentford and were very lucky to escape with a draw. They made Thomas Frank’s team look like Real Madrid.
Now they have got Chelsea on Thursday, and despite Mauricio Pochettino’s side’s struggles, United could easily lose at Stamford Bridge. Then it’s Liverpool at Old Trafford and if United get beat in that one there could be mayhem.
It always goes back to the start with Manchester United. They win a game, they win another. Things look better but then they suffer a bad defeat or put in a horrific performance and we go back to the beginning.
Erik ten Hag always just seems to be able to keep his head above the water with a positive result in among the poor ones. The pattern over the last year has been get beat, lose again, but then get a win against a lesser team at home to keep the critics quiet. It feels like that is what it has been like during Ten Hag’s tenure at Old Trafford.
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