Ten Hag highlights key factor in Fulham win
Five minutes of madness midway through the second half, when two Fulham players and manager Marco Silva were sent off following the award of a penalty to United for handball, will make the headlines but Erik was eager to highlight the Reds’ character and the attacking transition which helped create the incident.
The boss also commented on a first United goal for Marcel Sabitzer, as well as the semi-final draw which has pitted us against in-form Brighton and Hove Albion next month.
Here are the main subjects Ten Hag touched upon in his post-match interviews…
RESILIENT REDS
“Once again, we showed great character. It’s not that easy. We’ve played the most games of every team all over Europe, every third day, and every time we showed personality, resilience, determination to win the game, today was tough but we didn’t expect any different before the game because Fulham is a good team and you have to be good to outplay them.”
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A HALF-TIME LEAD
“I think in the first half we played decent, could’ve been better on the ball. We should have recognised the overload on the left-hand side and used that better. Out of possession we did quite well. We had to work hard against a good Fulham [side] but I think we created some good pressing moments and from then on we had really good attacking transitions with great opportunities to score a goal, which we didn’t, at half-time we should have been one or two up. Second half we lost a little bit of control, great saves from David, and then a great counter-attack from Antony and Jadon Sancho.”
Five minutes of madness midway through the second half, when two Fulham players and manager Marco Silva were sent off following the award of a penalty to United for handball, will make the headlines but Erik was eager to highlight the Reds’ character and the attacking transition which helped create the incident.
The boss also commented on a first United goal for Marcel Sabitzer, as well as the semi-final draw which has pitted us against in-form Brighton and Hove Albion next month.
Here are the main subjects Ten Hag touched upon in his post-match interviews…
RESILIENT REDS
“Once again, we showed great character. It’s not that easy. We’ve played the most games of every team all over Europe, every third day, and every time we showed personality, resilience, determination to win the game, today was tough but we didn’t expect any different before the game because Fulham is a good team and you have to be good to outplay them.”
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A HALF-TIME LEAD
“I think in the first half we played decent, could’ve been better on the ball. We should have recognised the overload on the left-hand side and used that better. Out of possession we did quite well. We had to work hard against a good Fulham [side] but I think we created some good pressing moments and from then on we had really good attacking transitions with great opportunities to score a goal, which we didn’t, at half-time we should have been one or two up. Second half we lost a little bit of control, great saves from David, and then a great counter-attack from Antony and Jadon Sancho.”
