Erik ten Hag has urged his Manchester United squad to respond strongly following their 4-3 defeat in the Champions League against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
In the first half, an unfortunate mistake by Andre Onana, conceding a soft shot from Leroy Sane, put United at a deficit, followed by Serge Gnabry extending Bayern’s lead to 2-0 just four minutes later. Rasmus Hojlund managed to pull one back for United, but Harry Kane converted a penalty, and Mathys Tel added a fourth for Bayern, rendering Casemiro’s late double a mere consolation.
The defeat is United’s third in a row and fourth overall this season and Ten Hag feels his team should have done enough to get at least a point from their trip to Germany.
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“Disappointed because we should stay in the game. If you score three goals at Bayern Munich you have to take a point,” he told TNT Sports. “We are in a period, a lot is going against us. We have to make our own luck. We’ve played great teams in the last three games.”
Goalkeeper Onana accepted blame for his team’s defeat, but Ten Hag feels it does not all rest on the Cameroon international’s shoulders, adding: “It’s good he’s doing that but it’s about the team. Mistakes are being made but you have to bounce back as a team. If one player makes a mistake, it’s done, it’s gone. We have to believe as a team that we can always bounce back. Tonight we showed it.”
United will hope to end their losing streak when they come up against Bunrley on Saturday.