Manchester United face Everton on Sunday evening away at Goodison Park as previously reported by United Radar. Erik ten Hag held a match press conference ahead of the trip to Merseyside.
The Red Devils come from a difficult defeat at the hands of Manchester City. According to Manchester United, the boss said: “It’s more. It’s physical, it’s mental. It’s also sustainability, is that the right word? Yeah, sustainability. Especially, it’s like a routine”.
“A way of life and you have to bring it every training, in your system as a squad and as an individual player.”
“You had a lack of it in the last years. It’s not something that you build or progress in a week or a month. It has to be consistent, but it is a demand in top football nowadays.”
“I think it’s quite clear City sets the standard in that and there are more teams but I think that also we can deliver that. We have seen it against Liverpool, we have seen it against Arsenal but now we have to do it on a consistent basis.
“That is what we have to work for now but this will not come overnight it will also take more than weeks, it will take months”.
When asked about the rotation of players based on performance, ten Hag responded: “That’s a balance. I will give players trust”.
“I will back them when they are in a worse shape. When they work hard, when they give their best in training sessions, when they take responsibility on the pitch.”
He added that: “I will back them but also we are United and our ambitions are really high so you have to deliver”.
“Every player in the squad has to take that responsibility individually and they have to do it in a team culture. That’s the demand from us, from the coaching staff, to the players”.
The full contents of the Everton match press conference are the above video.
