Manchester United’s new coach Erik Ten Hag has called on the team to watch out for “unacceptable” runs in the second half after a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa on Saturday.
United lost a two-goal advantage to end Ten Hug’s victory in the final round of their pre-season Asian and Australian tours.
United wore a white away shirt and demonstrated their dominant offensive talent in the first half, but in the harsh conditions at Optus Stadium in Perth, they handed over the header to Villa’s Calum Chambers at the moment of dying. rice field.
“The loss of focus is unacceptable. It can’t happen,” Tenhug told reporters.
“From the second half, we have to learn that just scoring two goals is not comfortable.”
United closed the tour with England national team Jadon Sancho, claiming the third goal of the four friendly match.
They had compelling victories at Liverpool, Melbourne Victory and Crystal Palace prior to the opening match of the English Premier League against Brighton on August 7.
The collapse of the second half ended the tour with a sour note, but Tenhug was still supported by signs of improvement from United, who finished sixth in the Premier League, which was disappointing last season.
“We’ve seen a lot of progress in the last two weeks,” he said.
“I saw really good football in the first half.
“Everyone may have been tired, but that’s no excuse.”
Steven Gerrard’s villa, who finished 14th in the Premier League last season, struggled to match United’s energy before returning to the contest to finish without losing in the pre-season campaign.
Villa’s Premier League opening match will face Bournemouth on August 6th.
Former Liverpool star Gerrard said, “I’m glad I was frustrated in half-time because people really jumped out in the second half and told me I wanted to be on the 11th.”
After heavy rains and thunderstorms hit Perth earlier in the day, there was fear that the game might be canceled due to a flooded pitch, but the contest went as planned.
Harry Maguire, a United skipper who took part in the fight last week in Melbourne, ridiculed by fans in Melbourne, reminiscent of the negative reaction he received last season, modestly responded to a crowd close to 58,228. ..
He took action early on with a great header that was brilliantly saved by the besieged goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
Argentina was helpless in the 24th minute when 22-year-old Sancho slammed a volley after Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford successfully joined on the left.
In the heavy rain just before half-time, Sancho continued to threaten him by slamming an evil cross against Matty Cash in Villa for his own goal.
Ten Hug resisted making changes in half-time, but Gerard’s decision to bring in winger Leon Bailey was inspired by the Jamaican nailing long range shooting to bring the villa back to the contest. I did.
Speedy Bailey threatened the equalizer against the new look of United after Ten Hug rang the change in the 68th minute, but it was Chambers who took the step to death.
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