He is ‘under review‘ since Sir Jim Rattclife became the minority owner of Manchester United in charge or the sporting sector. He just lost the Manchester derby in which his team won 1-0 until 56th minute. United is currently in sixht place in the Premier League with a negative goal difference (37:39) and staggering 11 defeats, but Erik ten Hag doesn‘t lack optimism. After losing two straight league games (Fulham and City), the Red Devils are again behind fourth placed Aston Villa who now have 55 points. But the Dutchman refuses to throw the white flag and stil believes the fourth place is acheavable.High-flying Foden strikes twice for comeback victory against Man Utd’It can be a quick turnaround. We go to another final against Everton next Saturday and try to get closer. We have to go for it. We have to win our games. Fifth position can also be a position for the Champions League, so we have to fight for it. This year we are really progressing and you have to get some points back. Everyone can beat everyone‘ said Ten Hag after the defeat.An absolutely INSANE stat… Manchester City had more shots (27) than Manchester United had possession in the game (26%) 🤯🫣 pic.twitter.com/CgkTg8mJL3— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) March 3, 2024 United‘s coach is hoping for the best, knowing that a place in the Champions League would all but secure his third season as a coach at Old Trafford. And former Manchester captain‘s Garry Neville and Roy Keane believe that this game, which United eventually lost, and the two upcoming matches with league leaders Liverpool (one in the league, one in the FA Cup) will seal his fate in the club.Onana says everything is good now, will shine for United“Ten Hag’s got two games against Liverpool and one against City. I do think they’re defining games. ‘The new owners will probably make their call after those games“ Neville said on Sky Sports just before the derby. His former teammate and fellow pundit Roy Keane also agreed saying that “it’s a huge few months coming up for the manager. Ten Hag is trying to get that confidence from the new owners. They have dug in and got results. There’s huge pressure on the manager“ he said. But those three games are not the only ones. Maybe they forgot to mention that third-placed Arsenal will also face Manchester on the 37th round and that game could also be huge, considerting that it will be near the end of the season, when the stakes will be even higher.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUESaturday Nott.Forest – Liverpool 0-1 (0-0)/Nunez 90+8/Newcastle – Wolverhampton 3-0 (2-0)/Isak 14, Gordon 33, Livramento 90+2/Tottenham – Crystal Palace 3-1 (0-0)/Werner 78, Romero 81, Son 88 – Eze 59/Fulham – Brighton 3-0 (2-0)/Wilson 22, Muniz 33, Traore 90+1/Everton – West Ham 1-3 (0-0)/Beto 56 – Zouma 62, Soucek 90+1, Alvarez 90+6/Brentford – Chelsea 2-2 (0-1)/Rasmussen 50, Wissa 69 – Jackson 35, Disasi 84/Luton – Aston Villa 2-3 (0-2)/Chong 66, Morris 72 – Watkins 24, 38, Digne 89/Sunday Burnley – Bournemouth 0-2 (0-1)/Kluivert 13, Semenyo 88/Man City – Man Utd 3-1 (0-1)/Foden 56, 80, Haaland 90 – Rashford 8/Monday 23.00: (16.0) Sheffield Utd (7.75) Arsenal (1.20)***odds are subject to change
