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Last Updated: February 25, 2024, 00:30 IST
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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag mentioned his crew can nonetheless make up the eight factors between them and Aston Villa to realize a topfour Premier League end regardless of their shock house loss to Fulham on Saturday.
MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag mentioned his crew can nonetheless make up the eight factors between them and Aston Villa to realize a top-four Premier League end regardless of their shock house loss to Fulham on Saturday.
Alex Iwobi scored deep in stoppage time as Fulham shocked a sub-par United 2-1, the London facet’s first win at Old Trafford since 2003 and solely their second in 61 years.
United had not misplaced of their 5 final league video games, however the optimism that had been rising round Old Trafford was dented by Iwobi’s 97th-minute objective.
“I said from January on we are (playing) finals, and we won many finals,” Ten Hag advised reporters. “Now we lost one final.”
United are sixth within the desk on 44 factors after 26 video games, whereas Villa, who beat Nottingham Forest 4-2 on Saturday, have 52.
United’s loss got here three days after new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe vowed to knock arch-rivals Manchester City and Liverpool off their perch.
Ten Hag mentioned the long run remained constructive, declaring that the crew has been hard-hit by accidents with striker Rasmus Hojlund, who had scored in United’s six earlier league video games, and defender Luke Shaw the most recent absentees.
“You have to see the bigger picture and the bigger picture looks very good,” Ten Hag mentioned. “We have to catch up in certain positions, get the injuries back, because then we will be more in balance.
“We are going in the right direction. And when we have the players of the squad available, we have a very good team.”
Defender Harry Maguire, who scored United’s equaliser towards Fulham, mentioned Hojlund was sorely missed.
“He has been big focal point for us, but it is up to us to find the solutions and the areas we need to improve on,” Maguire mentioned. “It’s the story of our season, we’ve been injury hit — as other teams have — and we need to find a solution quick.”
United have little time to seek out one with an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday and the Manchester derby towards City on the Etihad Stadium subsequent weekend.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
