Ten Hag on Utd's goalless draw at Palace
21/09/2024
Selhurst Park, London, UK
21/09/2024
Selhurst Park, London, UK
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00:00Jürgen, you've been going here for a very long time,
00:03but you've been going here in Spain.
00:06Is it a bit frustrating that you've put two and a half more together in line?
00:11Yeah, against you in the press conference,
00:14this is a different side and now we have a fifth team
00:18and we can make a selection.
00:20We have a bench, so it is totally different.
00:24From the game today, we let them alive in the first half.
00:28I think, in and out of possession, we played a really good game.
00:31The only thing I can criticise is that we were not clinical enough in the box,
00:36not decisive enough.
00:38We should have scored, so we let them alive in the first half.
00:41To be fair, the second half was more equal,
00:44and then both teams had their chances.
00:47David Rare got some great credit for his save for Arsenal during the week.
00:51Andre, a double save there, would that work at all?
00:54Yeah, last week he was very important by saving a penalty,
00:57and that double save was brilliant and it was class.
01:01Eric, you're not in the top ten of the table,
01:05you've only got seven points from the first five games.
01:07Are you happy with the way things are?
01:10No, we have a start.
01:13The performance is good, but the score, we are not happy.
01:19We are disappointed with the score, that's clear.
01:22But I know one thing for sure in football,
01:25it's a long way to go, and when you play in the quality we now deliver,
01:32the points will come, the goals will come, so then the points will come.
01:36I know that you think the team is making progress in terms of performance,
01:42but it looks like there's a lot more structure to get.
01:45Yeah, but it's so different because now we can work on the team,
01:49we can build structures because we have to play on the training pitch.
01:55Also, we can bring out some consistency in selection,
02:00and that helps, of course, to bring the patterns and routines in.
02:06Then you play better and you can take more control of the game,
02:09and you can even, as we did in the first half, dominate the game.
02:14Jürgen, are you surprised it wasn't more of a super team?
02:17You thought the game was beaten out, and that doesn't make sense.
02:20What are you hoping for?
02:24Sure, you hope that they have an impact.
02:27They come fresh from the bench and the opponent is tired,
02:33but that is also fair.
02:36The approach of the opponent changed also in the second half.
02:39They were much more aggressive, also tactical.
02:42They closed much better, especially in the second part of the second half.
02:46They closed the midfield areas much better,
02:49so it was more difficult for us to create chances.
02:53That is also the truth.
02:55They also had some good chances in counter-attacks.
02:58Eric, just to move the silence from the bench a little later,
03:03did you talk to your team?
03:05Why did that happen?
03:09Yeah, I heard already there's speculation and some pundits.
03:14That's crazy.
03:17I would almost say, as a person, you are not OK when you bring such speculation.
03:22If you don't know what's on, this is just rotation.
03:26We have many games to cover.
03:31We have more than 11 start, 11 players,
03:35but we have to give all the players...
03:37If they perform, we will give them their chances.
03:41Finally, we will find out.
03:43Of course, the players who perform better will play more,
03:46but this has nothing to do...
03:48I'm very happy with Marcus, with everything,
03:51with his defending part, with his offensive.
03:54He scores in this moment, so he performs very well.
03:59So, nothing to do with it that he was on the bench, just rotation.
04:03Last question, Dan.
04:06Just to Ed's point, I know it's easy in retrospect,
04:10but given that Marcus is leading in good form and quietly in the net,
04:14do you find yourself thinking,
04:16well, maybe he could put away one of those first-half chances?
04:21Yeah, but I have to say, Ahmad is playing very good.
04:24I have to say, Garnaccio, almost all the games so far,
04:27maybe apart from Liverpool, he has end product.
04:31Also, we have to play them as well.