The humiliation inflicted on Sunday by Liverpool to its historic rival Manchester United (7-0), Sunday in the Premier League, left no one indifferent. While the Mancunians remained on a series of eleven games without defeat (9 wins and 2 draws) including a victory against Newcastle in the final of the League Cup and a qualification for the knockout stages of the Europa League at the expense of FC Barcelona , the debacle suffered at Anfield has seriously irritated his coach Erik Ten Hag.
According to The Sun, the Batavi let loose in the locker room after the meeting. He logically pushed a mouthful to make more than one tremble. Some even say they have never seen Ten Hag so furious since joining MU. Out of himself, the Dutchman told his players that they were lucky to return to Manchester by bus and that they deserved to return with the Mancunian supporters who were very upset. But that’s not all. Ten Hag then made his players sit in the Anfield dressing room and listen in silence as the Liverpool players celebrated their landslide victory. He then threatened to make them leave the club if such a disappointment were to be repeated.
Silently watch the spanking footage and go play with them -21
His anger still had not subsided the next morning at the training center in Carrington. From 9 a.m., the players were summoned to come back to the humiliation suffered in Liverpool and as revealed by the Mirror, manager Erik Ten Hag hit hard. According to the English media, Ten Hag would have forced his players to watch the celebratory images of Liverpool players in silence, with the aim of awakening their pride following this historic failure.
The Batavian coach would also have had very strong words, even going so far as to threaten his players to go and play with the Under-21s if they were not capable of a strong reaction. The latter is expected this Thursday at Old Trafford against the Spaniards of Betis Sevilla in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League.