Erik ten Hag was eager to emphasize how accidents and luck had gone towards him, however the Dutchman’s protestations proved an aggravating issue for Manchester United followers – and, maybe, the membership’s decision-makers – within the context of his time in cost on the membership.
After taking up for the 2022-23 season, Ten Hag misplaced 35 of 128 video games in all competitions and had a barely increased win proportion than United’s earlier everlasting supervisor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Louis van Gaal has the bottom total determine of the 5 everlasting bosses to have been employed by United following the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013. David Moyes – the primary of these successors – has the next-worst, with Ten Hag’s determine solely bettered by Jose Mourinho.
These 5 managers so as of highest win proportion are Mourinho (58.3%), Ten Hag (54.7%), Solskjaer (54.2%), Moyes (52.9%) and Van Gaal (52.4%), in accordance with BBC Sport.
1,739 – Manchester United confronted 1,739 photographs of their 128 video games beneath Erik ten Hag. Since 2022-23, Manchester Metropolis have confronted 717 fewer photographs than United regardless of enjoying six extra video games in that point. Unsustainable. pic.twitter.com/OEe6RDMyaO
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Ten Hag Premier League wins
Solely Moyes, on 32.4%, misplaced a better proportion of his Premier League video games than Ten Hag (31.8%), in accordance with Opta. United’s defeat at West Ham on Sunday, although, meant United have misplaced greater than 44% of their top-flight matches this season.
United’s dreadful kind justifies the Ineos Group, who took over the footballing aspect of the membership in February, performing now. No supervisor within the membership’s historical past has a decrease win proportion than Ten Hag’s tally of 4 from 14 matches in all competitions in 2024-25, representing lower than 29%.
Captain Bruno Fernandes has referred to as on United followers to recollect the uncommon excessive factors of Ten Hag’s time at Outdated Trafford and their two superb days beneath him had been sufficient for the previous Ajax supervisor to maintain his job for greater than two years.
26% – Seven of Erik ten Hag’s 27 Premier League defeats got here through a ninetieth minute winner, the best proportion of defeats to ninetieth minute objectives of any supervisor to lose 20+ video games in Premier League historical past. Fergietime. pic.twitter.com/mfMch5XWUG
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Ten Hag trophies
A Carabao Cup win in 2022-23 and an FA Cup triumph final season made Ten Hag the one United supervisor aside from Mourinho to have lifted a number of trophies since Ferguson.
The shock FA Cup ultimate win over Manchester Metropolis in Might persuaded Ineos to set off a one-year extension in his contract, following stories earlier than the showpiece that he could be sacked whatever the consequence.
Ten Hag bemoaned his gamers’ ending at West Ham, the place Diogo Dalot produced a rare miss and there have been a number of different alternatives for United to have established a snug lead.
However their defensive file beneath Ten Hag was arguably extra damaging to him.
108 – Solely Ipswich City (47 minutes and 9 seconds) have been within the lead for much less time within the Premier League this season than Manchester United (108 minutes and 5 seconds). Difficulties.
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United objectives gloom beneath Ten Hag
United completed with a damaging purpose distinction for the primary time within the Premier League period final season, with no aspect within the prime 10 scoring fewer than their complete of 57.
No supervisor post-Ferguson comes near the common of 1.29 objectives conceded by Ten Hag’s groups, in accordance with PA Sport, through The Irish Information. Between Ferguson leaving and Ten Hag’s arrival, United let in lower than a purpose a recreation, on common.
On the different finish, third-bottom Ipswich City have scored another than United’s eight from 9 matches this time round. Solely backside aspect Southampton and fourth-bottom Crystal Palace have fared worse in entrance of purpose.
The costliest signings made by Man United throughout Erik ten Hag’s reign 😮 pic.twitter.com/qQfNcPjLNX
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Ten Hag in Europe
Ajax had been widely-admired for reaching the 2018-19 Champions League semi-finals with Ten Hag on the helm, solely shedding to Tottenham on away objectives after an extravagantly dramatic tie.
There was no such swashbuckling for Ten Hag’s United on the continent, with eight of their 9 wins in 21 video games coming throughout the Europa league marketing campaign of his first season.
Earlier than an eighth-placed end in 2023-24 that was their worst since 1989-90, Ten Hag restored United to the Champions League by guiding them to 3rd in 2022-23.
Erik ten Hag’s Premier League stats at Man Utd ⬇️
He has departed Outdated Trafford, after Sunday’s 2-1 loss to West Ham pic.twitter.com/5lNVfbDvL3
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They got here backside of a gaggle containing Bayern Munich, Galatasaray and Copenhagen, shedding 4 and successful one among their six video games.
That final victory in Europe got here precisely a 12 months earlier than their 1-1 draw at Fenerbahce within the Europa League on Thursday, leaving United with three attracts from their first three video games on this season’s competitors.
“This group has character and this group reveals preventing spirit and willpower to win video games,” Ten Hag mentioned after a spectacular Andre Onana double save helped United earn a degree towards Mourinho’s present membership.
One win in his final 11 European video games reveals how occasionally they turned that into outcomes.
