Ten hag on Manchester Utd’s comeback win against Brentford
19/10/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, Uk
19/10/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, Uk
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00:00Jürgen, congratulations, an important win and an important show of spirit.
00:05Every game you win is important.
00:31I think, again, this team is togetherness, there's a fighting spirit.
00:37Today we add some determination to score goals, and that is what we need.
00:43I think the stats show we play good football, we come in the right spots.
00:49We don't score enough, we're not clinical enough,
00:52but today we scored two brilliant goals, so we're very pleased with it.
00:56Is there still room for a bit more clinical exercise?
00:59I think there is always, and good is never good enough.
01:03The two goals we scored were, I think, from high quality.
01:11We have seen this team has the capacity to score very good goals.
01:16When you score and you win, you add some belief, some confidence,
01:24and that is what we needed.
01:26Of course, in the start of the season we had some good performances,
01:30you see it also on the clean sheets we had.
01:33We created enough chances, but we didn't score enough,
01:37and then you don't win games, and of course everyone is negative and disappointed.
01:43It can help us, but it's only one win, and we have to build on this.
01:51How much pressure do you personally feel under a half-time?
01:55Obviously you were pretty furious at the goal, but the fact is you were losing.
02:02Pressure is always there, we have to win every game.
02:05When we are 1-0 down, we have to see how we turn this around.
02:10We felt some injustice, and we used this as fuel for the second half,
02:18and we increased the tempo and we scored two great goals.
02:23I really enjoyed today, the performance in the first half, but especially in the second half.
02:28Can you just explain why you were annoyed?
02:31Because Son got a cut head and had to go for the finish.
02:34Yeah, but it didn't change anything, it was dry blood.
02:38He was already treated for that injury, just dry blood,
02:44so no-one from us understood why he was sent off.
02:49I went over to Mata, what's wrong?
02:53He said, it's just dry blood and I have to come off.
02:56So I don't know why.
02:58And of course it was a huge moment, because Brentford is very good in corners,
03:04and when you miss one of your best headers and they take benefit from it,
03:09then of course you are disappointed.
03:12Can you dare think of this as a turning point?
03:16It felt really nice, but it wasn't just a win for you, it was a win for all of us.
03:22No, it's just a win.
03:26In the last block we didn't win enough, but we also lost one game,
03:32and that was when we were downsized to ten,
03:37and afterwards everyone agreed that we shouldn't have been downsized to ten.
03:44So the only thing we have to do better is score goals.
03:49We are getting in the right spots, bringing the ball up there,
03:54get the right positions, but we were not clinical, determined enough
03:59of which term you want to mention there.
04:03But if we do that, then we will win games.
04:06And of course what doesn't help is that Rasmus Hoyland was injured
04:10at the start of the season, now he's back.
04:12But alongside Rasmus Hoyland we have enough players with scoring abilities,
04:18and today we scored two great goals,
04:21and hopefully that gives confidence to the players that they can do it,
04:25that they are determined and hungry to get in the spots, but also to finish.
04:31Then we will win games.
04:34As frustrating as it obviously was when the call went against you to send Jürgen to the touchline,
04:41ironically, was that the thing that actually fired up the players more than anything else,
04:46inspired the players to that comeback, to that second-half performance,
04:50that sense of injustice, of being wronged?
04:53It's hypothetical, we will never know.
04:56You didn't harm them, did you?
04:59Definitely, yeah.
05:02We were mad, we were angry, in the half-time,
05:07because we had the idea, it was not perfect, but we controlled the game.
05:12We didn't concede chances, we created some chances,
05:18and then it felt injustice if you concede a goal like we did.
05:32He was OK, that's what he told me.
05:35And that's what I asked him when he came off,
05:39is there a problem?
05:41No, he was 100 per cent there, and there was no doubt to take him off.
05:57I really enjoyed today, how we played, and you see where he's capable of.
06:02We want to see this every game, because then you see what he can contribute to the team.
06:09Really intense he played, and then a brilliant cross.
06:15I thought the finish was also brilliant, but the cross was really enjoyable to watch.
06:21Last two, Samuel and James.
06:25Garnaccio is very influential, he's got five goals already this season,
06:29he's got 10 last season, is there a target in mind for him?
06:33Do you think he can keep on the other season and get even better?
06:38He has to, if he wants to be a better player, then you have to improve.
06:45I know where he's capable of, that's why I play him soft.
06:52He's a threat, he has scoring abilities, but also a threat in the 1-3-1s,
06:58in making key actions and giving assists for the team.
07:03So the end product, and that is definitely what we need,
07:07and what we missed in the first games of the season.
07:11James.
07:12Just back on Marcus, not just today but in recent weeks,
07:16I know he's made a big mess about not scoring goals,
07:20but do you see some signs over this last month of Marcus
07:25really starting to get back to what he's capable of?
07:30I think we all know he's capable of a lot,
07:35and when he has this attitude then he will score,
07:40what he did, for instance, in Porto.
07:42But also giving assists, what he did in Porto, what he did today.
07:46But it always starts with fighting spirit and 100 per cent intensity.
07:54And when we bring that, and not only Marcus, don't focus too much on Marcus,
07:59but when we bring all this on the pitch,
08:02I think we have a team that can progress,
08:06and what can progress in a good team to play for trophies in this season.