Manchester United Held to a Draw by Crystal Palace: Ten Hag Criticizes Team’s Lack of Smartness

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag expressed his disappointment after his team was held to a 0-0 draw by Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

Despite having more chances to score, Manchester United failed to collect three points, leaving them with 7 points from 5 games and 11th place in the league table.

After the game, Ten Hag criticized his team’s performance, stating that they should have won but lacked smartness, especially in the first half.

“We should have won, in the first half we let them survive. We should score a goal or two. And in the second half we should have been more balanced.”

“We have a good performance. But for the form of play only You will not get any points. You have to score goals. Of course I was quite disappointed when you dominated the game so well. We played very good football. And there’s a good squeeze too. You controlled the game very well but you couldn’t score.

“But at the same time We’re still developing against Brighton, we were tied there in the last 30 minutes, we lost control just after scoring what we thought was the winning goal . But then we lost that game. So we move on now. We keep a clean sheet. And we went home with a clean sheet. But we have to be smarter than our opponents in front of goal. If you want to be a very good team in the Premier League.”