The Red Devils started the 2024/25 Europa League season with a draw.
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The format of the Europa League has also been renewed starting from the 2024/25 season, and the teams placed on the main table have now started their matches on Wednesday. Manchester United only managed a 1-1 draw against Dutch side Twente at Old Trafford. According to head coach Erik ten Hag, it was not possible to close the game after the one-goal lead.
“We kept them alive, we led 1-0, we controlled the game. You have to be consistent and should have continued in the second half, but our game dropped and we conceded the goal. We didn’t finish, we should have scored the second goal, so we kept them alive [FC Twente]and we were punished for a fault of our own. We are very frustrated.”
In addition to the team’s mistake of not being able to close the match after 1-0, the Dutch coach also addressed the opponent’s mistake.
“The goal was a team error, a Twente player was able to dribble almost all the way around the field or in the half-field without being stopped. This is not acceptable, we cannot allow such a goal. We saw again that you have to be focused throughout the entire match; if you’re 1-0 up, you have to score the second goal.”
According to Ten Hag, he should have started with three points in El.
“This is the first game [az Európa Ligában]it is very important to start with a win. I’m not thinking about that at the moment [egy döntetlen kevésbé rossz eredmény az első meccsen]but only on the performance, what we need to improve and where we need to be more consistent. It’s about building good structures and creating opportunities to finish matches.”
Starting today, they will start construction again.
“We have to build and continue tomorrow. Tonight was not good enough; we should have won. We kept the opposition alive and didn’t close out the game after leading 1-0, that’s not good, we know that and we have to learn from it. We need to be safer, look for more moments when we can dominate the ball and speed up the game to get the second goal.”
Source: manchesterunited.com
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