Manchester United head coach, Erik ten Hag, refused to point fingers at his players after a disappointing group stage exit in the Champions League.
Kingsley Coman’s goal for Bayern at Old Trafford, combined with FC Copenhagen’s 1-0 win over Galatasaray in the other group game, means there will be no continental football for the Reds next year, and could impact the club’s spend next summer.
But Ten Hag saw plenty of spirit from his players against the Bundesliga champions and wants them to take the positives from an up-and-down European campaign into the rest of the Premier League season
“We didn’t lose today in the Champions League, we lost it before. We have to acknowledge that. I think we’ve had some good performances but then also we made mistakes, individual errors from players. In the end, it’s not good enough but I think, today, the performance was very good again and we didn’t deserve to lose.”
“The team did very good, we were very good in the defending organization, we were very good in the pressing. We had many ball regains, especially at the start of the second half. I think the team very good together and there was good spirit. We won a lot of balls but didn’t take benefit from it.
“Also we played against a strong side – Bayern is a good team and even if they are not in the game, they have individual class to use one moment and unfortunately, it happened.”
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Man United will now turn their focus back to the Premier League where they next face Liverpool at Anfield.
