25/09/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester U.K.
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester U.K.
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00:00Hi Erik, Christian Eriksen said it looked like Twente wanted it more than United, is that what went wrong tonight?
00:09Yes, you saw it, it was the game of their life.
00:12They fought for every yard and we didn't.
00:1999% is not enough, you have to give 100%, you have to kill the game, you have to finish it off.
00:26We are leading 1-0 and then there's coming an atmosphere in the team,
00:32we bring the game to the end, but you have to go for the second goal and then you kill the game.
00:41You've invested a lot of money in Rasmus Hoyland and Joshua Xherxey,
00:45the potential is there, but is there a concern that there are still not enough goals in this team?
00:51We have to work on it, that's clear.
00:54I think we create enough chances, we have to score, but it's not only up to them two players.
01:02Definitely not only Rasmus because he's just returning, but also other players.
01:09Across the front line we have enough players who can score goals,
01:13with Bruno, with Ressi, with Canaccio, with Amad Diallo, all goalscoring plays.
01:21Why do you feel it hasn't clicked again tonight in the final third?
01:26You've had 19 attempts on goal, 5 on target, but obviously just the one going in the back of the net.
01:31Yes, that's true.
01:34We have to work on this, that's also clear.
01:39We have to be more clinical in such situations,
01:43but I don't think that was the only problem tonight.
01:48We have to keep going, be consistent in the structure of the team.
01:54It's also a question of mentality.
01:57Kill it off, make the second goal and then the game is over.
02:09There's no problem for you, Joop?
02:12No, thank you.
02:15Did your old club surprise you?
02:20Definitely, you saw there was a very good fighting spirit in the team.
02:27You could see after when they drove how they celebrated what it meant for them.
02:33They were on the pitch, but we as a team have to be ready for that.
02:38We can't allow them a situation like with the equaliser,
02:43that one player, the right full-back from FC Twente,
02:47is dribbling over the whole midfield without being stopped.
02:51There was no underestimation, you didn't underestimate Twente, did you?
02:56You didn't underestimate Twente, did you?
02:59It's not underestimating, it's more, we are 1-0 up, kill the game.
03:04Yes, thank you, Frank. Kill the game.
03:07You say that a lot, kill the game.
03:09There's a law in football.
03:11When you're 1-0 up, the game takes more than 90 minutes,
03:15and you have to fight until the end,
03:17and when you score the second goal then it's off.
03:20Hi, just going back to what Christian Eriksen said,
03:24the players not being up for it,
03:27is that a concern for you?
03:29Because when you have that lack of desire,
03:31surely the players should be up for a game of this magnitude?
03:34Definitely.
03:36Especially, we are very ambitious,
03:41and when you have ambition then you have to perform,
03:45then you have to prove that point.
03:48Today, especially in the second half,
03:50I think we were too easy-going, too complacent.
03:54We didn't bring it over the line,
03:56and I think as a team you have to benefit from this.
03:59Last two, Carl and then Simon.
04:16You're not saying the same things that you've been saying for almost two years,
04:20when you're talking about mentality,
04:22that should be something that is relatively easy to solve.
04:25Is this team improving?
04:27I think often the mentality is very good from this team.
04:31I saw in many games how high our work rate is,
04:40and that is often very good.
04:42Today I have some criticism,
04:47but it's not only the team, I have to look in the mirror as well.
04:50I'm part of it,
04:53and we should have acted differently,
04:55especially in the second half, as I said.
04:58You have to kill the game,
04:59especially if you know we have some problems in scoring goals.
05:04If you don't have a goal,
05:06then you need to be consistent in your game.