Erik ten Hag’s Man United dropped factors once more (Photographs by Carl Recine, Michael Regan/Getty Photographs)
Manchester United had one other disappointing consequence at this time as they drew 0-0 away to Aston Villa of their Premier League conflict at Villa Park.
Erik ten Hag will certainly be feeling the strain as he confronted two large video games this week after the 3-0 loss at dwelling to Tottenham final weekend, however ended up drawing in each journeys to Porto and Aston Villa.
That’s unlikely to quieten down the critics, with Man Utd now formally on their worst run at the beginning of a brand new season since all the best way again within the 1989/90 marketing campaign, in line with soccer stats specialists Opta Joe within the X submit beneath…
United have been up in opposition to a superb Villa facet at this time, so in a means a draw isn’t any shame, however it’s probably not what was wanted proper now, and one has to marvel what it’s going to imply for Ten Hag’s future.
The draw in opposition to Porto was additionally a little bit of a shambles from the Purple Devils, who went 2-0 up in that sport earlier than discovering themselves 3-2 down at one level, even when they have been nonetheless capable of rescue a draw.
Is that this the top of the highway for Erik ten Hag at Man United?
Stats just like the one above present simply how badly issues are going for Ten Hag at United, even after being given loads of time and assets to attempt to flip issues round.
It was by no means going to be straightforward for the Dutch tactician, however one has to marvel now if there are some higher managers on the market who could possibly be upgrades on the previous Ajax boss now, and who may get extra out of this expensively-assembled squad.
A lot of United’s present squad have been signed underneath Ten Hag, however gamers like Antony, Andre Onana, Mason Mount, Rasmus Hojlund, Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt have probably not impressed to this point.
