{"id":27569,"date":"2024-02-25T02:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T23:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/27569\/man-utd-moving-in-right\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T02:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T23:07:41","slug":"man-utd-moving-in-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=27569","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd moving in &#8216;right direction&#8217; despite loss &#8211; Ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd moving in &#8216;right direction&#8217; despite loss &#8211; Ten Hag\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rob Dawson, correspondent<span class=\"timestamp \">February 24, 2024, 7:12 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag said the club was heading in the &#8220;right direction&#8221; despite the defeat to Fulham and added that &#8220;the whole situation looks very good&#8221; for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham won 2-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday in United&#39;s first match since Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#39;s purchase of a minority stake in the club was officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The result leaves Ten Hag&#39;s side eight points off the top four with 12 matches remaining, but the Dutch coach said he hopes Ratcliffe looks beyond what is turning into a disastrous campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a loss, you have to look at the big picture, and the big picture looks very good,\u201d Ten Hag said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to catch up in some positions and recover from injuries, then we will be more balanced and also strengthen the team in the transfer windows.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You see, there are a lot of good players coming in and real players with high potential. They&#39;re going to improve, so we&#39;re definitely going in the right direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Manchester United&#39;s defeat against Fulham leaves them in sixth place with 44 points. <cite>Getty<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Fulham needed a 97th-minute winner from Alex Iwobi to claim their first <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> at Old Trafford since 2003 after Harry Maguire&#39;s 89th-minute equalizer canceled out Calvin Bassey&#39;s opener midway through the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, Ten Hag was left to rue his growing injury list which now includes Luke Shaw and Rasmus H\u00f8jlund.  Casemiro started the match but was forced off the field in the second half with a head injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when we have the players available, we have a very good team,\u201d Ten Hag said.  \u201cToday we could have won this game, although we should have won this game because the team showed great character. We definitely had two slow starts in both halves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a big loss to lose Casemiro. We lost a bit of stability in the team, then conceded a goal which was very avoidable and then fought back in the match. I have to thank the team, they did show of great character. Then we went for victory, but in the end we let them slip away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd moving in &#8216;right direction&#8217; despite loss &#8211; Ten Hag\u060c Rob Dawson, correspondentFebruary 24, 2024, 7:12 p.m. Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag said the club was heading in the &#8220;right direction&#8221; despite the defeat to Fulham and added that &#8220;the whole situation looks very good&#8221; for the club. 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