Erik ten Hag says he is glad with Man Utd’s 2022/23 season after FA Cup remaining

WE’LL USE DEFEAT AS FUEL

“To begin with, we present respect at all times. In fact it’s a motivation: you must really feel in your abdomen that it hurts and it must be gas. We wish to be there, my group – my gamers deserve it and we’ve got to seize it. That’s the subsequent step we’ve got to make.

“I mentioned to the gamers, I used to be very pleased with my group, not solely as we speak, however as we speak, particularly how they fought, how they caught collectively, how they had been disciplined within the defending organisation. That was good.”

NEXT STEPS

“It’s about finalising the season. We now have to be quiet, analyse the season, go into depth after which set the correct conclusions and take motion. In fact, in the course of the season we regularly are making issues and a few actions are in course of. Now the season is completed and the conclusion is that we performed a superb season.

“‘It isn’t concerning the hole in the summertime, or getting gamers in; we’ve got been working all season and we’ve got been working day-by-day to develop and progress the group. I’m very pleased with the place we’ve got got here from at first of the season, from [heavy defeats at] Brentford and on the Etihad. In the course of the season, we had some unhealthy defeats, Metropolis and Liverpool away. We confirmed as we speak that the win in opposition to Metropolis at house was not a coincidence.

“I’ve just one plan. That’s to enhance this membership and enhance this group. I’ll battle for it, I’ve my concepts and I’ve advised the membership what we’ve got to do for that however I’ve to work with my employees and my gamers to be higher for subsequent season.

“We’re in the correct route however there are points within the recreation that we’ve got to enhance if we wish to make the following step, to win trophies.”