He said he is proud of his team and that they ‘should do this more often’ after heavily-scrutinised Manchester United earned a decent away point in a game that many had tipped Liverpool to ease to victory.
Liverpool had 34 shots but could not break down United, with many players including goalkeeper Andre Onana putting in their strongest defensive display of the season. And manager Ten Hag left thinking his side had the better chances to win the game.
‘I said after the game in the dressing room that I’m very proud of this team,’ said the Dutchman. ‘We should do this more often. I said this. For instance, Newcastle was also a tough game, we made one mistake, we switched off and conceded the goal.
‘But when you stay in the game, when you are disciplined in your game-plan, finally it opens up and you can take your chances or get two, three, four passes in after the ball regains, get the switches in and then you can really be more dominant in the game.’
Asked if last season’s 7-0 drubbing was used as motivation, Ten Hag added: ‘We mentioned it but I said to them last year we played them three times, we lost one time but we beat them two times. We are capable of beating Liverpool and we proved that today.
Man United boss Erik ten Hag expressed his pride after his side’s draw with Liverpool.
