After a bumpy start earlier this season, Manchester United has seemed to recover from their losses. The 4-0 loss against Brentford has affected the club greatly and scrutiny towards their manager Erik ten Hag has been vicious.
Ten Hag admitted that he has learnt his lesson and has united the team. Since Ferguson left, the club has seen a drastic decline and it is hopeful if Ten Hag can maintain this winning streak.
Furthermore, Ten Hag has focused thoroughly on the fundamental parts of football since then and has succeeded against Southampton. His “lesson learnt” strategy worked for the team and is expecting a major shift for their upcoming matches.
Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay stated ‘The Brentford game was a big reality check,’
‘It takes a lot of balls to come back from that as a team, with all the criticism every player gets.’
The need to assist players such as Martinez, McTominay and Varane were helpful in them winning lately.
McTominay told the press, ‘We can’t have any dips again.’
‘We needed to bounce back. We needed that fire inside. As soon as that fire goes out, we are in trouble. We have to keep that fire together.
‘Team spirit is the most important thing and if we have good team spirit, we will go far. If we don’t and it goes easy, and we are easy on each other then it might not go so far.’
A former striker for the team, Dwight Yorke applauded the current manager for deciding the team’s future and strategy wisely. One of said strategies were, when Mohamed Salah scored to give the team a two-goal lead against Liverpool, Sancho and Rashford both scored either side to give United the lead.
Following that, on Saturday, the game against Southampton, United won 1-0. The winning goal was from Bruno Fernandes during the second half of the game.
All of this is due to the manager making wiser decisions in placing his players and making them work together better.
Friendly reminder that Manchester United are winning the premier league this season…
— KOJO BANKZ (@UTDKojo) August 29, 2022
Now, with the winning streak, Manchester United fans decided to take their thoughts and views to Twitter. One user tweeted “Friendly reminder that Manchester United is winning the Premier League this season.”
Of course the tweet received some backlash, notably an Arsenal fan saying “have you met Arsenal?” The rest of the comments online are supporting the club in their strategic change and recovery from heavy losses.