An ecstatic Manchester United workforce has settled down after the joy of successful their first trophy in six years to deal with their FA Cup conflict with West Ham United, supervisor Erik ten Haag mentioned on Tuesday.
The Old Trafford aspect beat Newcastle United within the League Cup closing on Sunday to elevate a serious trophy for the primary time for the reason that 2017 Europa League.
“Of course, the players were still enthusiastic yesterday and they had to celebrate the momentum,” Ten Haag informed reporters forward of the fifth-round cup tie in opposition to West Ham.
“But yesterday, once we settled down, we bought again to work. What we needed to do was restoration and those that performed much less (within the closing) had an excellent coaching session.
“Nothing, eh? Get back to work!”
Ten Haag, who joined United final yr from Ajax Amsterdam, was beneath stress once they misplaced their first two video games of the season, however the Dutchman mentioned to not panic was the important thing.
“I know from experience of previous jobs that it takes time before you get into the way of playing, before the principles get into the rules,” he mentioned.
“We didn’t have the right results at the start of the season. I didn’t panic because it was part of the process. You learn a lot in those weeks – it’s not good when you lose, you hate to lose but you have to take some good There are lessons too.”
United will once more be with out Anthony Martial who stays sidelined with a hip damage. The French ahead has made simply 14 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring six occasions.
Luke Shaw and Fred are additionally uncertain whereas midfielders Donny van de Beek (knee) and Christian Eriksen (ankle) are out for lengthy intervals.
Ten Haag mentioned he wouldn’t be deterred by their Premier League conflict with Liverpool on Sunday.
“I think every game is important. In every match so far, this dressing room has had the right attitude and the right approach, game by game and not looking ahead,” he mentioned.
“You said it’s the biggest game, but isn’t Barcelona (in the Europa League playoffs) a big game?”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
