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Saturday's 4–0 loss to Brentford exposed the Red Devils for what they are: a club without a plan run by a manager with misplaced tactics.

He was presumably brought in to try to impose an Ajax-style system at United. But Ajax presses and he has a forward line that doesn’t press. Is ten Hag the man to enact that? But ten Hag is two games into his reign, and he’s the first United manager to lose his first two games since John Chapman in 1921. Brentford registered three times as many pressures in the final third as United in Saturday. That is true in terms of infrastructure and backroom staff. Docherty’s first full season ended in relegation, but he was kept on and allowed to continue his rebuild, finishing third in 1976 and then lifting the FA Cup in 1977 before being sacked over his affair with the physio’s wife.

Erik ten Hag cancelled a scheduled day off for his Manchester United squad and held an extra training session after their humiliation at the hands of ...

That is what we didn't do." The team has to take responsibility. We need higher standards than that, that's clear," the 52-year-old told beIN Sports after the game.

Manchester United have got off to a shoddy start this season in the Premier League after embarrassing defeats to Brighton and Brentford under Erik ten Hag.

He played to their strengths and sacrificed parts of his style of play to make the best of a bad situation. It has led to some fans gushing praise on Solskjaer for his handling of the club over three years. There were dark times under the club legend but the final nail in the coffin was a 4-1 defeat to Watford in November 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Sportsmail reported how a furious Ten Hag made his team cover the exact distance which Brentford outran United by when the Bees defeated United ...

The team has to take the responsibility. How are we allowing ourselves to be put in a position like that? 'Playing in a high level football match adds significantly to that bucket and adding another day of running on the day after - there’s a reason it was a scheduled rest day - can lead to that overflow and potential injury risk. How are we putting ourselves in that position? And he's looking around and saying "not for me." They wouldn't be doing that!' United faces fierce rival Liverpool next on Monday, August 22 at Old Trafford and Jurgen Klopp's side beat United 5-0 there last season. 'He's probably sitting there thinking "I've been sold a dummy here. I feel really sorry for the fans. 'Activity adds water to the bucket whereas rest & recovery removes it. The 'red zone' is essentially that state of high fatigue & raised injury risk. He's coming expected new signings.