JUST days after Erik ten Hag questioned his Manchester United players’ winning mentality, the Dutch manager has the chance to move a step closer to lifting his first trophy at the club.
United travels to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday for the first leg of the English League Cup semifinals, looking to end a run of nearly six years without silverware.
“It’s a period when Manchester United didn’t win any trophies and it’s too long ago, so we are aware of that fact. We have to do everything to bring a trophy in,” Ten Hag said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The late 3-2 loss against Arsenal on Sunday was a blow to United’s unlikely Premier League title aspirations, prompting Ten Hag to criticize his team for the nature of the goals it conceded, saying, “if you want to win trophies, titles, we have to change our mentality.”
The defeat left United 11
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