​🗣️👍 Erik ten Hag on criticism:

"First of all, respect the criticism. There are many. You can have an opinion about football. When you are in the job, you have to deal with this, but I can’t take every criticism into account."

"I don’t read, of course, all the criticism. It’s not even possible but I don’t want even to know. I need to know some, and some are very good advice. But for me it’s stay clinical and see where the team is, which areas we have to improve."

On playing young players:

"That is the choices we have made the last two seasons. I understand the impression that many have for Manchester United because the history is so big. But those are the choices we have made and it also has something to do with financials and with other restrictions we have to deal with."

"We made the choice for young players and the young players are not in the level [immediately]. You can’t expect them [to be]. We have to improve them, they have to improve themselves and we have to find a team that can be successful on a consistent basis."

"This team in the last two years showed they can do it on occasions and on occasions we can win trophies, but now we have to get more consistent."

On the expectations put upon Man United:

"I think we will be judged every game and that’s normal. Everyone, for every game, is expecting United to be winning. We know that. That’s not a secret for anyone."

On progression:

"We know also, and it’s with all the respect, young players, a young squad, a new team takes some time. We are going in a good direction, I think, in the last couple of weeks on many aspects of football."

"Now it’s about being more efficient and scoring more goals because that will win you games."