Ten Hag on Manchester Utd's 7-0 win cup against Barnsley
17/09/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, UK
17/09/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, UK
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00:00Yes, you can say for, I think for, not for me, but for the team.
00:29This is the perfect night.
00:31I think we could, everything, do what we plan to do.
00:36I think we win next round.
00:40We scored some great goals, entertained the fans.
00:45We worked on our game model.
00:48So, yeah, we are happy.
00:51Your four wingers have all scored now this season.
00:53It seems like there's a really healthy competition there.
00:56Do you get a sense of them pushing each other on?
00:58Yes, I think so.
01:00I think they are very ambitious, they are very hungry.
01:03But also, what you see, they give each other the ball.
01:07They want to also give assist and they want to,
01:12that they give each other the opportunity to score a goal,
01:18like the pen, when Anthony needs some confidence,
01:22then Rossi gives the pen to Anthony.
01:25Which is good in a team, that they are with each other,
01:28they are together.
01:31Eric, we've spoken about Marcus loads.
01:36What difference does a confident, in-form Marcus Radford make to Manchester United?
01:44Bearing in mind he qualified for the Champions League
01:47when he scored loads of goals and finished eighth.
01:51The goal not only has to come from Marcus Radford,
01:56we need more goal scorers.
01:58I know from my first season, when he scores,
02:03then it's for a team always more easy.
02:06When you have players in your squad who is a guarantee for goals,
02:11then goals make the difference.
02:14We all know that in football.
02:16You can do a lot of things very good between the boxes,
02:19but football matches decide in the box.
02:22But he should be coming into his prime now,
02:26he's got a lot of experience, he's played a lot of big matches,
02:30he could be a major asset.
02:32It's true, but I'm not only expecting this from Marcus Radford,
02:39I also expect it from others,
02:41also others who are in the prime of their career.
02:44But also we have some others who have high potentials,
02:48they are very hungry also to score goals,
02:51but more important that they want to win,
02:55to win games and to win trophies.
02:58How much of a corner do you think you turn now with the win against Southampton
03:02and the confidence you'll get from this?
03:04How much of a turning point do you think it is after the difficulty against Liverpool?
03:12I was not devastated after Liverpool,
03:16I'm not now celebrating.
03:20We are in June and we will see where we are in May,
03:27because then we have to be good,
03:29and then you have to be at your best.
03:32In the meantime, every time we have to progress as a team.
03:35Just back on Marcus very briefly,
03:37is it for him confidence?
03:39Because he hadn't scored for six months until Southampton,
03:42he's now got two tonight,
03:44he's played a part in three of the other goals.
03:47Is it as simple as confidence with him?
03:49Because you've worked with him for two years,
03:51so you must have built up an understanding of what it takes for him to play his best.
03:55Confidence is a big part of it.
03:58It's not everything, there are also other parts,
04:02but confidence is a big part.
04:05And I think Westport is a big guy,
04:09he's scored so many goals,
04:12he's one in the list of United goal scorers,
04:16he's on top of it, so he's a big guy.
04:19But you are as good as your last game,
04:22and every time you have to prove it.
04:25But I have even seen the biggest guys, the biggest football players,
04:29and when they are not performing, when strikers are not scoring,
04:33then they drop in confidence.
04:36It doesn't matter who...
04:39James.
04:41When you mentioned the game model, could you explain that a little bit?
04:45And the style of football we saw tonight,
04:48is that what you've been trying to achieve since you've been here?
04:51Is that what fans can expect, hopefully, going forward?
04:55It is a never-ending process,
04:59so I know where I want to go, in which direction.
05:06I know we have a lot of dynamic, we have a lot of speed,
05:10and we have seen this today.
05:12But also we have, in the meantime,
05:16players who are capable to dominate possession.
05:21And we have to work even harder for it,
05:26to get all the stages of the game in possession right.
05:30Last question, Neil.
05:34Alejandro Garnaccio has only started one game so far this season,
05:38and he was left out of getting into that.
05:40Is that the perfect response, that's what you want to see from the players?
05:43Yeah, there will be rotation.
05:46And the conclusion from all of you is not right,
05:51when I pick 11, that I drop a player.
05:55No, I start 11 because I know I have to rotate.
06:02We have more than 11 players who can be in the line-up
06:08on any match in this moment.
06:11OK, thank you.