Despite the humiliation, the Manchester United legend who defended Ten Hag

Manchester United lost to Manchester City in the Manchester Derby. Pep Guardiola's team and an inspired performance by Erling Haaland were enough to finish beating the Old Trafford team. After the result, the criticism has not stopped for the current Manchester Untied coach, however, surprisingly, a team legend assured that Erik Ten Hag is not to blame for the most recent negative results.

The start to the 2023-24 season that those led by coach Erik Ten Hag are having is quite irregular and the defeat suffered in the derby against Manchester City reveals their current poor performance. Despite the defeat, Erik Ten Hag tried to highlight the positive aspects he took from the Manchester derby, although he assured that the penalty in the first half made the game uphill for them. A lateral foul hanging in the area. Rodrigo started from the front, and Hojlund did what he could to stop the Madrid native's advance.

Regarding some changes like Evans over Varane, Ten Hag shared the following:
“I think he played well, as did Onana. It was what he expected. City were going to put pressure on us from above, something that shouldn't surprise anyone. I needed the players on the left to close the angles against a team like City. “We had to take a step forward to put pressure on them.” After this result, Manchester United hopes to achieve great things.

What did Neville say about Erik Ten Hag?

Gary Neville defended Ten Hag, and shared that the Dutchman is not responsible for the problems that Manchester United has been experiencing for some years. "I don't think he is the problem. The toxicity of this club devours every coach and every player who comes here." Ten Hag little by little began to raise the level of the team, achieving up to 3 consecutive victories. However, a defeat in the Manchester Derby is never easy. After the result, the English team will have to raise its head as soon as possible.