Man Utd stars told to hold team meeting without Ten Hag to ‘point fingers’ – Footymercato.com
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Manchester United’s underperforming stars have been told to hold a team meeting to get to the root of their dreadful displays.
The Red Devils were lucky to escape Saturday’s clash with Brentford with a draw, having been dominated by the Bees for much of the game. The hosts had an astonishing 86 touches in United’s box, as well as 34 shots.
United thought they had claimed a smash-and-grab win thanks to Mason Mount’s 96th-minute strike. Just a few minutes later, though, Brentford equalised to take a point from another lacklustre United performance.
The draw leaves Erik ten Hag’s side 11 points adrift of fourth-place Aston Villa, with hopes of qualifying for the Champions League fading. Now, former United star Dion Dublin has urged Ten Hag’s struggling squad to hold a players-only meeting to find a way forward.
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“I don’t know what it is. It has to come from within. I don’t think it’s from the manager, I don’t think it’s from the coaching staff. It comes from the players,” Dublin told Sky Sports after the Brentford draw.
“It’s down to the players in the dressing room. If that happened and we hated doing it, but dressing rooms I played in, the players would be so angry with each other that we would have to say ‘right, team meeting Monday morning’.
“No manager, no staff, players. And then you can point fingers. And you tell people. Bryan Robson would have done it, said ‘not good enough, not good enough, not good enough’. It’s not done anymore. Players have to take responsibility and they’re not doing it.”
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United boss Ten Hag admitted that his side were not good enough on Saturday. But he insisted that the point could prove crucial in the race for a European place come the end of the season.
“We were winning in the end, maybe it wasn’t deserved but then you have to take the three points so the it is very disappointing to draw the game,” Ten Hag told Match of the Day.
“Brentford were better than us today. They showed more passion, desire and determination as we did. The quality of this team is they fight for it, but we have to show more. We scored the goal but then threw it off the line.”
“We showed it against Liverpool and in many games. We have to bring it on the pitch. We fought but in the small things, second balls etc, Brentford were more focused and more aggressive and it should be the other way round.
“We were winning, we should compliment the team for that, but then we gave it away and that is very disappointing. There are many games to play. Let’s take this point. In the end it could be a very good point.”
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