Manchester United are in a transition period, as well as dealing with injuries, but this cannot be used as an excuse, manager Erik ten Hag said on Thursday.
Ten Hag’s side, who are still without the injured Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw, have lost their two most recent Premier League games, including a 3-0 defeat at home to Liverpool, but the manager is ignoring the criticism.
“It doesn’t impact me, I know in the process where we are and what we have to do, where we are going,” Ten Hag told a press conference ahead of Saturday’s game at Southampton.
“We are still in a transition period, we have to integrate a lot of young players, we are still dealing with injuries.
“Before anyone thinks about excuses, no, we have to win every game. I know that, the team knows this and it doesn’t matter who is available and we will focus on every game and have in every game, the mindset we have to win.”
Despite the poor results, the manager says that the team is going in the right direction.
