The Dutchman insists he can turn round Manchester United's poor run, saying he's done it before
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00:00 What went wrong tonight and how do you get back on track?
00:03 Things aren't going very well at the moment.
00:05 No, right, everyone has seen.
00:07 It's below the standards you can expect with Manchester United.
00:13 This is not good enough by far.
00:16 We have to put things right.
00:19 I take the responsibility for it.
00:22 It's my team and they are not performing.
00:24 I have to share it with my players, but I'm responsible, as I say.
00:31 Do you think having worked with some of these players,
00:35 quite a few of them just aren't good enough?
00:38 As a team, we are not good enough.
00:44 Whatever the reasons are, there's no space for excuses.
00:50 We have to do things better and then we have to raise our standards,
00:55 because otherwise you never get the right levels,
00:59 you never get the performance and you never get the results.
01:02 It seems like some players have lost the confidence of the crowd.
01:06 The crowd cheered when Marcus Rashford was substituted at the weekend,
01:10 there was some cheer when Anthony Martial came on tonight.
01:13 Is that affecting the players in the individual courts?
01:16 When the results are not there, it's a logical process that the confidence goes down.
01:21 But also, therefore, you are Manchester United
01:24 and it's expected that you can deal with that pressure.
01:28 That's normal.
01:30 Play football, but they have to understand we have to do it together.
01:35 Everyone has to take responsibility for his own performance
01:41 and togetherness for the performance.
01:43 What the fans... The most thing I heard was they are begging us.
01:49 We don't deserve it in this moment, but they are begging us.
01:52 They are behind us and we are pleased with that.
01:56 We are in good times, we are with them, and now in bad times.
02:01 I'm happy that they are behind us.
02:03 James.
02:05 Hi, there's been obviously a lot of people here in the last ten years.
02:09 How important is it that you are giving time to the terms around?
02:14 I'm a fighter and I know it's not always going up.
02:22 We have a lot of setbacks this season so far,
02:28 but also there you have to deal with it.
02:30 There is never an excuse, and I've said it before.
02:32 I know when there are setbacks,
02:37 the routines in the way of playing are not similar, not the same.
02:42 But even then, you have to get the results in.
02:45 Obviously, Sunday night wasn't far from that.
02:51 We have to do things right at a certain level,
02:56 at a minimum level, to win games.
02:58 Fred.
03:01 Is there any way to play the way you thought you were signing?
03:07 Also, that is also team first.
03:17 When the team is not playing well, when we don't bring in the balls.
03:21 Again, I'm responsible for that.
03:25 But obviously there was a lot of noise and that dropped his levels.
03:32 He can do better, but all the players can do better.
03:36 Anthony is also a fighter and he has the confidence.
03:43 He is brave and I'm confident he will bring the performance
03:48 that he is the right player for us.
03:50 You say you're responsible and you say you're a fighter.
03:55 Do you doubt yourself at all in terms of managing this club?
04:02 Because maybe only externally, there's a lot of people asking questions
04:06 about whether you are the right man,
04:09 given what's happened over the last couple of days and last few weeks.
04:14 Yeah, I understand that when the results are not there.
04:18 It's also a logical process that they're questioning that.
04:21 But yeah, I'm confident I can do it.
04:24 With all my clubs, I've done it.
04:27 And also last year, I did it here as well.
04:30 But in this moment, we are in a bad place.
04:35 And as I say, I take responsibility for it.
04:37 I see it as a challenge.
04:39 I'm a fighter.
04:41 I'm in this fight.
04:43 I have to make sure that I share the responsibility with my players
04:48 and that we stick together and fight together and get better results.
04:52 Eric, what was the situation with Kasimir?
04:55 He was injured.
04:57 Just before half-time, he got an injury.
05:03 That's why we have to take him off.
05:06 Are you looking to keep him out until the international break?
05:11 I can't give an answer on that.
05:15 We have to wait at least 24 hours.
05:17 But I think definitely for Saturday, he's out.
05:22 OK, thank you very much.
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