Erik ten Hag on Manchester United's unconvincing 1-0 win v Copenhagen

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00:00 Okay, Samuel.

00:01 Congratulations on the win.

00:02 Steven Klamer looked to be shouting something at André Neymar

00:05 just before penalty kick.

00:07 What was he saying to him?

00:09 Yeah, it's his job to give him advice,

00:15 or give him, say, coach instruction.

00:18 And then, of course, André has to decide,

00:22 but he gives him some instructions.

00:25 And how did you make the performance overall by the team?

00:29 The first half was no good.

00:30 Difficult.

00:33 It was...

00:35 So, they were well-organised, Copenhagen.

00:38 It was difficult to create chances.

00:40 We didn't get the right building up,

00:43 so we didn't get the tempo in the game.

00:45 The second half, I think, was better.

00:49 Also, the first half, the pressing.

00:52 By moments, we caught some press on,

00:55 but by far not on many occasions or in a long period.

01:02 So, the second half, both things were better,

01:05 and the building up was better.

01:06 We got better constructions.

01:09 We had more switches.

01:11 Also, we created more chances.

01:14 And I think, finally, the win was justified,

01:18 but it was a narrow escape.

01:20 Simon.

01:22 You mentioned on Saturday that Harry Maguire

01:25 was playing more like the way that you want him to play.

01:29 I know goals can change perceptions,

01:31 but what will that goal do for his confidence?

01:34 And is he playing in a different way?

01:37 And if so, in what way?

01:41 I think so. He's playing much more proactive,

01:44 in possession, stepping in,

01:46 passing vertical,

01:52 defending also on the front foot,

01:54 also stepping in,

01:55 defending forward.

01:58 Very confident in the duels.

02:01 I think he's dominating.

02:03 In the right moment, he put in the aggression,

02:07 dominating his opponents.

02:09 And then you see, you get also rewarded.

02:13 Of course, that's a very good skill from him.

02:14 His heading, I have to say,

02:17 great pass from Christian as well,

02:18 but a very good finish.

02:20 And just in terms of a now and now,

02:22 he's been criticised a lot.

02:24 What will that do for his confidence?

02:27 He doesn't strike me as someone who's lacking confidence,

02:30 but that's got to help.

02:32 No, but he showed personality,

02:37 and he knows that

02:39 this was before there were not the levels

02:42 of what his skills are.

02:48 He didn't match his skills,

02:50 and he could do better.

02:52 And I think Saturday

02:56 was a very good performance.

02:57 Today as well.

02:59 And also, don't forget that brilliant save

03:01 just after half-time

03:03 in the counter-attack.

03:05 But of course, that's one of his skills.

03:07 He's a very good penalty saver.

03:09 Christian.

03:11 Hi, Erik. All the substitutes came onto the pitch

03:14 and thought how to congratulate Hernán.

03:15 Does that show how much pressure he's been under?

03:17 Does it also show how united the team is?

03:19 I think that.

03:21 But you see it.

03:23 There's a very good spirit in the dressing room.

03:26 They are together.

03:28 They fight together.

03:29 And they celebrate together.

03:31 And if we have setbacks,

03:33 they support each other.

03:35 And I think that spirit is always needed

03:39 to be a successful team.

03:41 What about that?

03:42 Hi, Erik.

03:44 Jonas from Danish media.

03:46 Can you put some words into Christian Eriksen's

03:49 performance in the second half?

03:51 It seemed like he changed the way of playing.

03:54 He was part of it.

03:56 And definitely.

03:59 I think our build-up got more fluid

04:02 once he came in.

04:03 But also, we made some adjustments

04:06 in other positions,

04:08 in other constructions and corporations.

04:12 But Christian definitely

04:15 played a big part in that.

04:16 His timings were good to get free.

04:18 And then on the ball,

04:20 his decision-making was good.

04:22 And of course, the best example was his assist

04:25 on Harry McQuarrie's goal.

04:27 Scott.

04:29 Erik, the TV picture show, Gynap,

04:32 showed before the penalty on the penalty spot,

04:34 roughing an upseater.

04:35 What's your take on that?

04:38 I don't know if you've seen it or not.

04:40 He did know.

04:41 From my words, it did happen.

04:43 Yeah.

04:45 I didn't see it.

04:46 So, yeah.

04:47 Probably the referee also didn't see it.

04:51 But I don't know.

04:52 Erik, you had a very dramatic finish

04:56 with the Brentford home game

04:58 before the international break

04:59 that seemed to energise this stadium.

05:01 And then you had the two weeks

05:02 with no domestic football.

05:04 This time, that moment leads into the Manchester derby.

05:08 What can that do for the entire club

05:09 heading into such an important game that moment?

05:12 I think you already mentioned it, the energy.

05:14 But there's a great spirit,

05:17 a great fighting spirit,

05:19 and they are together.

05:21 And that's important, always as a team,

05:25 because a team is more,

05:27 as I say, the sum from the individuals.

05:30 So, that is what we have to take

05:33 into the Manchester derby.

05:35 To be on one page and then fight together.

05:39 And then we have a very good chance

05:42 to get a good result and even to win the game.

05:44 How do you feel the confidence is building

05:46 in the group at the moment as well?

05:47 Because even if the play overall isn't always there,

05:50 you are still producing moments to win matches.

05:53 Exactly.

05:54 And then you see that players are stepping up

05:57 and getting their markers into the season.

06:01 And from there, they build up the belief.

06:03 You see it on Harry Maguire,

06:04 you see it on Andre Onana.

06:06 So, I think also there were others

06:09 with good performances.

06:12 And so, if we produce that

06:14 and go from game to game,

06:17 then we can build something.

06:19 Okay, we'll leave it there. Thank you very much.

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