You Make Too Many Mistakes – Erik Ten Hag Tells Manchester United Players

Manchester United boss, Erik ten Hag has chastised the players, saying they were making so many mistakes during their training. The players are taking some time to get to learn the tactics and playing style of the Dutchman who only joined the club at the end of last season. The former Ajax boss is currently taking the players on a pre-season passing drill, causing a few players to come unstuck. Ten Hag favours ball work over pure fitness, while the players he inherited at Old Trafford are more used to playing reactionary, counter-attacking football under previous managers. The former Ajax coach wants his team to have a lot of ball possession and dominance. During one of the team’s training this week, the players can be seen in a clip shared by MUTV passing and moving, firing balls into two centrally-positioned players before sprinting to another corner of the quadrant. The emphasis appeared to be on passing to a specific foot of the receiving team-mate. Players were being instructed to play to their team-mate’s right foot going one way, and their left foot going the other. In a clip uploaded by MUTV on Tuesday, coaches Steve McClaren and Mitchell van der Gaag can be heard shouting the instructions to the players and making sure they pass the ball correctly. Bruno Fernandes was the first player to make a mistake when he played into Anthony Elanga’s left side instead of the right which prompted McClaren to shout: “On the right foot Bruno! On the right foot!” Moments later, Diogo Dalot repeated the same mistake, playing the ball to Scott McTominay’s left foot as more yells of “To the right!” can be heard in the background. Marcus Rashford is the third culprit, playing his pass to Elanga’s left which is greeted by a loud groan and a cry of, “To the right Marcus!” It is at this point that Ten Hag gets involved, saying loudly: “Hey, we are making too many mistakes!”
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