Ten Hag's side were particularly laboured in the first 45 minutes and it's now been revealed what the Man Utd boss told his players at half-time.
Diogo Dalot has revealed Erik ten Hag’s two tactical demands of his Manchester United side that inspired their comeback against Brentford on Saturday.
On the half-time discussion, Dalot said: “We kept calm and we listened to what the manager said, trying to change a few things to find more spaces on the full-backs and trying to switch the game. They were really tired at the end and that shows we kept them running in their own half. And when it’s like that, it’s really difficult to get to the end of a game without being tired.
Ten Hag, who was staring down the barrel of an seventh defeat in 11 games before McTominay’s heroics, insists
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