This Tuesday (27), Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag accused Jamie Carragher of being “very subjective” in his analysis of the team and his tactics.
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Carragher presented a segment on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football show in which he analyzed United’s tactical flaws in detail and used footage of Fulham’s 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Saturday (24) to illuminate the gaps in Ten Hag’s defensive structure.
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“They defend like a team I have never seen before. What I mean by that is that they like to press high with a deep block. It’s impossible. They are trying to do two things at the same time. You can only do one thing or the other”, said Carragher.
Ahead of United’s game against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday (28), Ten Hag spoke about the analysis. “First of all, some analysts are very objective in their comments, very good advice. Some are very subjective. Jamie Carragher is one of them”, said the manager.
“From the first moment on he has criticised and now he wants to make his point. Probably in the first half an hour, he had a point. Fulham, the midfield setup surprised us and then we had to find the solutions. And after half an hour, we found the solutions”, added Ten Hag.
“I was not pleased with the performance in defending, especially over the left side, how we did that pressing because they came out, especially in the first half an hour, several times over the left side can’t happen. That has everything to do with willingness and spirit and passion. In the previous weeks that was very good for this team and therefore we won the football games”, said the manager.
