Erik ten Hag admitted there was plenty of hard work to do after his side opened their pre-season preparations with a 1-0 defeat away to Rosenborg
The majority of the first-team squad were not involved in Trondheim, and Jadon Sancho – who has returned to training afterwith Ten Hag – was also not part of a travelling group mostly made up of youth players. Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount, Casemiro and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, though, were in the starting lineup, along with the veteran defender Jonny Evans.Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'.
Ten Hag made the expected sweeping changes for the second half, replacing all 10 outfield players with academy products. Rosenborg – having again hit a post – made the breakthrough when Noah Holm scored in stoppage time. United are set to face Rangers at Murrayfield on Saturday before heading to the United States to step up preparation. Ten Hag expects a much-improved display for their next run-out.
“The result is not secondary,” the manager told MUTV. “Of course, we play pre-season, but at Man United the standard is you win games and definitely don’t lose games. So if you can’t win, don’t lose the game, like we did in the last second of the game, but of course, the performance is more important and the performance was below standards.”until 2026, said: “We can talk everything that is bad, but I am not that guy. I have seen and this is not the standard for top football.
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