Manchester United's Erik ten Hag on 1-1 draw at Fenerbahce
24/10/2024
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Turkey
24/10/2024
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Turkey
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00:00Eric, is that a frustrating night, having taken the lead in another match, or a positive point?
00:07From two tough away games, Porto and Fenerbahce, we take two points,
00:12which is a result, but of course when you are taking the lead,
00:18and especially the way you concede the goal,
00:21starting with a free-kick, played straight in our block,
00:24assumed it happened, then it's like a simple one cross and a goal.
00:30Before that we had chances to make a second goal,
00:34so 2-0 up, or afterwards 2-1, but we didn't take our chances.
00:39I think there were some great chances, the first half for Rashid was a good chance,
00:43a good out-play, and the second half also for Rashid,
00:46when the final pass didn't come on the right foot for him.
00:50So that's of course a pity, and you are disappointed that you don't win,
00:55but we have to take the point, and at Old Trafford we have to win games.
01:02We took two tough away games, Porto and Fenerbahce, we took two points.
01:07But even though we conceded the first goal, we conceded a wrong one afterwards,
01:11a free-kick attack, and our block should have taken that out,
01:15it was a simple goal for us.
01:17Before that goal we had chances to make 2-0,
01:21we had good chances in the first and second half, but we didn't, we were disappointed.
01:25Now we have to win games at Old Trafford.
01:51It's for every team, such a key position, and he has to learn how we play,
01:57and you only learn by playing, and you see he's taking the lessons well,
02:02I think he's stepping up, and I was happy with his performance today.
02:10The question was about Ugarte's performance.
02:13Yes, he came on in the top 11 six weeks later,
02:18but he had to learn how we play, and he showed a great performance.
02:24He'll get better as he learns.
02:49I think it's too much, and I know Nus is very capable to play in that position.
02:56I make a full-back from him, before he was always a number 10, especially from the left.
03:05So I knew he had the ability to fill in that role, and I think he was doing well.
03:12He was helping the midfield, supporting in defending, supporting Jose in pressing,
03:20and he had a big role in the goal, I think, for Christian Eriksen in the first goal.
03:27And then you can always move him back, and also there, and he played brilliant.
03:32And then for Ahmad, he's doing well, but also we have to reward
03:36the performances of Anthony Dos Santos in training.
03:40He's training very well, and he's a threat in almost every training.
03:46So I felt at that moment to bring him to be the threat to decide the game.
03:54But also, Ahmad, you saw when he came in, he also wanted good actions.
03:58So we are a squad, very pleased with all the effort all the players are putting in,
04:04and also for most of the players, the quality.
04:07Question.
04:09The question was about Nusayri playing as a number 10, a player who is usually a back.
04:14Our coach made a statement like this, this was a difficult deployment.
04:18It could be difficult to play with four strikers.
04:21That's why we played with Nusayri as a number 10.
04:24He had already played as a number 10 in his own team before he was a fullback.
04:31He even played on the left.
04:34And he did his role well.
04:36He especially supported the defense, the midfield, he pressed.
04:39He even had a role in Eriksen's goal.
04:42When it comes to Anthony, he was very good in training.
04:45He was a constant threat from the wing.
04:48That's why we started with him.
04:50But Ahmad was also showing good performance.
04:54So we are generally pleased with the performance of our team and the quality of our players.
05:00Question.
05:02Fenerbahçe had some difficult moments during the match, especially the first half.
05:08How did you find Fenerbahçe in Mori?
05:11Would you like to face Fenerbahçe again in the Europa League final?
05:29If you could meet Fenerbahçe in the final of the Europa League, what would you say about it?
05:33It would be good to be in the final against Fenerbahçe.
05:37It would be a great final.
05:39Because Fenerbahçe is a very good club with very good fans.
05:46So it would be a great final.
05:49And some good players.
05:51I worked with many of them.
05:54In the first half, they tried to stretch us.
05:58We had to find the answer on it.
06:01I think we should take more control in possession by keeping the ball better in the first half.
06:09And also defending to find the right moments to put more pressure on them.
06:15But all over, we had some very good chances in the first half and we scored a great goal.
06:21I think we should have scored even more goals.
06:24As I said, the one from Reservoir before half-time, to be honest, they created good chances.
06:32There was a double save from Andre in the second phase, a corner.
06:36And I think they also had one good chance more.
06:40So they gave us some problems, but we knew before.
06:43It's a good team, we have good players, we have a good manager, so it's never easy.
06:49But we take a point, and when you take a point, as I said,
06:53and in Porto, and in Fenerbahce, that's not bad.
06:58But of course, we want to win. We want to win every game.