Manchester United are through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after defeating Wigan 2-0, and while manager Erik ten Hag said he was pleased with the performance, he said it was not time to think about winning the cup yet.
A first half goal from Diogo Dalot and a second-half penalty from Bruno Fernandes were enough to see the Red Devils ease past the Championship side, in a game where they dominated territory and possession and should probably have won by a bigger margin.
Speaking after the game to ITV Ten Hag said: “The FA Cup is all about winning, it’s knockout. You want to finish the job. That is what I said in the dressing room ‘job done’.”
Asked if the team should have scored more, he responded in the affirmative. “Oh, definitely. In the first half I think we created five or six very good chances.
“I think it was very good football. We should have taken more, but if you don’t score you have to stay focused, and I think we did that tonight.
“You can’t always say why you’ve missed chances. There were some good attacks and good chances, but we didn’t take them, but the way we created them was OK.”
With regards to winning the world’s oldest cup competition Ten Hag said it was too early to consider that. “It is too far. You have to go game to game, especially in the cup. Our focus is on Spurs now,” he said, referring to Sunday’s league game at Old Trafford.
