2023-11-05 22:51:00
After a strong debut season under coach Erik ten Hag, including qualification for the Champions League, Manchester United is still lagging behind its expectations this season.
After eleven match days in the Premier League, the Red Devils are only in eighth place. At least United celebrated a 1-0 win at Fulham FC on Saturday thanks to a last-minute goal from Bruno Fernandes, following previously suffering two crushing 3-0 home defeats once morest Manchester City and Newcastle United.
No wonder that the traditional club and its Dutch coach are being criticized. All the more surprising is the statistic that gives the 53-year-old an outstanding certificate.
Because thanks to the lucky success at Fulham, ten Hag equalized a record that stood for 118 years. The former coach of FC Bayern’s second team celebrated his 50th victory in his 79th competitive game.
This had previously only happened under United’s third manager, Ernest Mangnall, who worked in Manchester from October 1903 to September 1912.
Ten Hag thus overshadows famous predecessors such as José Mourinho (81 games), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (95), Sir Matt Busby (96) and the great Sir Alex Ferguson (105).
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