Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag previews the Manchester derby with Manchester City and speaks on the social media controversy surrounding Alejandro Garnacho and Andre Onana
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00:00 Hi, Eric. In terms of how the squad is shaping up for this weekend,
00:04 will Casemiro be able to start?
00:06 And is it right that Aaron Lampard has resumed first team training?
00:09 Yes, Aaron was training today and Casa is a race against the clock.
00:15 So not 100 per cent?
00:17 No, not 100 per cent.
00:19 And there's obviously been talk about Alejandro Ganacho
00:22 after a social media post in the last 24 hours.
00:24 Are you concerned he might get a ban missing games?
00:27 So, not in this moment.
00:32 We are talking with FA, but what you see,
00:38 and I can confirm that,
00:42 and I want to emphasise that we are together, we are united,
00:46 and you will be seeing that at the post of Andre Onana.
00:50 Eric, you spoke the other night about confidence growing amongst the team.
00:54 How much of a measure of where you are will this match be this weekend against City?
00:58 I think that's...
01:01 Definitely, you see we are back where we wanted to be.
01:05 This is a hard team to beat,
01:09 and they find a way to win.
01:12 So we are going in the right direction.
01:15 You've been in Manchester more than a year now,
01:17 clearly every game is important for United,
01:19 every game you want to win,
01:21 what special quality does the Manchester derby have in your mind?
01:25 Yeah, I think it's a match above many other derbies.
01:32 It's so huge because it's Manchester internal,
01:38 but I think it's also about world football,
01:41 and all the eyes will be on this game, global-wide.
01:45 Thank you.
01:47 Eric, you said the club are back to where you want to be.
01:50 That's obviously in terms of results, three on the spin.
01:53 I say we are in the right direction.
01:55 Results, three on the spin, but performances?
01:58 Christian Eriksen said the balance is still not there,
02:01 and the routines are still missing, so how do you get that back?
02:04 I said we are in the right direction, and we have a way to go.
02:08 I see positives, I see also negatives,
02:12 probably what Christian is referring to.
02:15 We are not consistently in possession on the level where we can be.
02:22 Where we show in games we can be, like for instance,
02:27 Arsenal away, also the first 30 minutes in Bayern Munich away.
02:31 But we should do this on a consistent base.
02:37 But where, for instance, pressing, we are quite good.
02:42 We have the most ball returns from the whole Premier League.
02:46 We have the most middle returns from the whole Premier League.
02:50 So there you see, in our defending organisation, in our pressing organisation,
02:55 we...
02:57 I said that before the season, how we wanted to play, that is us.
03:01 But then, we don't take the benefit in the attacking transition moments,
03:06 and we should be, because we have, I think,
03:10 the abilities in our team, the players there, who can take benefit from it.
03:16 So we paid some attention to it, and this has to grow, this has to progress.
03:23 Then games will become more easy.
03:26 Can the team take heart from the fact that even though they haven't been consistent yet
03:30 and the performances are not fully there yet,
03:33 that they are still managing to find those ways to win?
03:35 Yeah, that is a team so hard to beat, exactly.
03:39 And sometimes it's not the way you want to go, but then you still have to win,
03:44 and that is what we are doing at this moment.
03:46 Ty.
03:48 Just on the attack there, the lack of goals from the forwards has been noticeable this season.
03:53 I think Erling Haaland has got more than all of the forwards here put together.
03:57 Is that because they're not taking the chances or you're not creating the chances?
04:01 What's the difference, what's missing there?
04:04 I'll just try to explain.
04:06 Is that on the forwards, though? Is it the forwards' fault that they're missing the chances?
04:11 It's in the co-operation, and that has to click.
04:15 Hampert showed this in the week.
04:20 We saw some examples, but there were so many where we are in an overload position
04:27 and going in overload positions to the opponent's goal,
04:32 and we don't net or we don't even hit the target.
04:36 We should have done this better.
04:39 I'm sure we don't have time to train this effect,
04:43 but I think we give some coaching,
04:47 and I'm convinced with the qualities from our players
04:51 that they will go and score more goals.
04:56 Paul.
04:57 Harry, just on Andre Onana, he had obviously a very good game for you on Tuesday,
05:01 but he's had some low moments since he came to United as well.
05:06 What's it been like trying to keep his spirits up in those moments?
05:11 You give him the standards,
05:15 and you give him also expectations,
05:19 but also then it's about getting to the same level.
05:24 But he has really high expectations for himself.
05:28 So the first thing is what you have to find out.
05:34 We're talking about the same, and we were.
05:38 From there on, you give him the confidence,
05:43 tell him, "Look what you did in the past,
05:48 in great weeks, with great clubs."
05:52 So you have the abilities, you have the skills to do it,
05:54 and I think the last two games were definitely good progress,
06:00 and now you have to keep this going.
06:02 I mean, it's very good, but as you know at Man United,
06:06 good is not good enough, and that not only counts for Andre Onana,
06:10 it counts for everyone.
06:13 BBC.
06:14 Eric, Marcus Rashford scored the winner in this fixture last season,
06:18 and he's only scored once this season for you.
06:20 Have you had to put an arm around him?
06:22 What's his confidence level like at the moment?
06:25 I give him the trust, and I play him every game.
06:29 Most of the games also, he finishes the game.
06:32 So I have a strong belief he will return to scoring a lot of goals.
06:38 Last question in this section, Rob.
06:44 Sorry, Jair, you showed last season that you were capable of beating any team on your day,
06:48 but how far away do you think you are of having that consistency,
06:51 the consistency that City have shown over the last seven years
06:54 to put title challenges together?
06:56 At this moment, we are six points ahead of six points behind,
07:02 so we have to catch up.
07:04 We know we have to progress as a team,
07:09 so we have to make developments.
07:11 Just about the question about Ressie,
07:15 it also has to do with the co-operation,
07:19 with the movement around and with the distribution to him.
07:23 So we have to work on that, and that is my focus point.