Ten Hag on Utd's goalless draw at Palace

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Ten Hag on Utd's goalless draw at Palace  21/09/2024  Selhurst Park, London, UK

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00:00Jürgen, you've been going here for a very long time,

00:03but you've been going here in Spain.

00:06Is it a bit frustrating that you've put two and a half more together in line?

00:11Yeah, against you in the press conference,

00:14this is a different side and now we have a fifth team

00:18and we can make a selection.

00:20We have a bench, so it is totally different.

00:24From the game today, we let them alive in the first half.

00:28I think, in and out of possession, we played a really good game.

00:31The only thing I can criticise is that we were not clinical enough in the box,

00:36not decisive enough.

00:38We should have scored, so we let them alive in the first half.

00:41To be fair, the second half was more equal,

00:44and then both teams had their chances.

00:47David Rare got some great credit for his save for Arsenal during the week.

00:51Andre, a double save there, would that work at all?

00:54Yeah, last week he was very important by saving a penalty,

00:57and that double save was brilliant and it was class.

01:01Eric, you're not in the top ten of the table,

01:05you've only got seven points from the first five games.

01:07Are you happy with the way things are?

01:10No, we have a start.

01:13The performance is good, but the score, we are not happy.

01:19We are disappointed with the score, that's clear.

01:22But I know one thing for sure in football,

01:25it's a long way to go, and when you play in the quality we now deliver,

01:32the points will come, the goals will come, so then the points will come.

01:36I know that you think the team is making progress in terms of performance,

01:42but it looks like there's a lot more structure to get.

01:45Yeah, but it's so different because now we can work on the team,

01:49we can build structures because we have to play on the training pitch.

01:55Also, we can bring out some consistency in selection,

02:00and that helps, of course, to bring the patterns and routines in.

02:06Then you play better and you can take more control of the game,

02:09and you can even, as we did in the first half, dominate the game.

02:14Jürgen, are you surprised it wasn't more of a super team?

02:17You thought the game was beaten out, and that doesn't make sense.

02:20What are you hoping for?

02:24Sure, you hope that they have an impact.

02:27They come fresh from the bench and the opponent is tired,

02:33but that is also fair.

02:36The approach of the opponent changed also in the second half.

02:39They were much more aggressive, also tactical.

02:42They closed much better, especially in the second part of the second half.

02:46They closed the midfield areas much better,

02:49so it was more difficult for us to create chances.

02:53That is also the truth.

02:55They also had some good chances in counter-attacks.

02:58Eric, just to move the silence from the bench a little later,

03:03did you talk to your team?

03:05Why did that happen?

03:09Yeah, I heard already there's speculation and some pundits.

03:14That's crazy.

03:17I would almost say, as a person, you are not OK when you bring such speculation.

03:22If you don't know what's on, this is just rotation.

03:26We have many games to cover.

03:31We have more than 11 start, 11 players,

03:35but we have to give all the players...

03:37If they perform, we will give them their chances.

03:41Finally, we will find out.

03:43Of course, the players who perform better will play more,

03:46but this has nothing to do...

03:48I'm very happy with Marcus, with everything,

03:51with his defending part, with his offensive.

03:54He scores in this moment, so he performs very well.

03:59So, nothing to do with it that he was on the bench, just rotation.

04:03Last question, Dan.

04:06Just to Ed's point, I know it's easy in retrospect,

04:10but given that Marcus is leading in good form and quietly in the net,

04:14do you find yourself thinking,

04:16well, maybe he could put away one of those first-half chances?

04:21Yeah, but I have to say, Ahmad is playing very good.

04:24I have to say, Garnaccio, almost all the games so far,

04:27maybe apart from Liverpool, he has end product.

04:31Also, we have to play them as well.

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