Manchester United's failure is not only a problem for the players, but also a mistake for the coaching staff. Ten Hag is a good coach, but it will take more time and patience to lead Manchester United to Champions League success. Ten Hag's style of team play requires the tacit understanding and cooperation of the players, while the tacit understanding and cooperation of the Manchester United players is very low.
In the Champions League group stage, Manchester United's defence was porous, the attack was lackluster, and the players' form and confidence were not enough. These problems will take time to solve. Ten Hag's choice at the time was to adopt a short-term solution: strengthen the defense and reduce attacking errors. This strategy did make Manchester United's defence more solid, but it came at the expense of the team's attacking quality. At critical moments, the players were unable to save the situation.
This defeat is a pain for Manchester United fans and a frustration for Ten Hag. What United need is more time, more patience and more confidence. In the future games, the team and the coaching team need to conduct deep reflection and summary, find out the reasons for failure, formulate more reasonable tactics, and strengthen the tacit understanding and cooperation between players. Only in this way can Manchester United get out of the doldrums and back to the top.
In football, winning and losing are the norm, and success and failure are part of the process. Manchester United fans need to see this defeat as a process of team growth, and trust that the team and the coaching staff can find a solution to the problem, re-energize and move towards higher goals. This is Manchester United in the 2020-2021 season, and it is also a Manchester United whose peak has passed.
Manchester United was one of the best teams in European football, having won the Champions League three times and the English Premier League title 13 times. Manchester United's illustrious history is not just about their accolades, it's also about the heart-warming story of a team that stands for fearlessness, struggle, resilience and the spirit of pushing the envelope.
However, Manchester United are now far from their peak, their mental state has hit rock bottom, and this team not only lacks dominance, but also has many problems. After the troubles of David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho, United's current manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has struggled to salvage the slump. Manchester United's problems are clearly not just with the coach.
First of all, the team's defensive problems are obvious. In European competition, they hardly keep a clean sheet. In the upcoming fixtures, United will need to focus on their defensive problems and will need to recruit some quality defenders, which is a necessary move for United at the moment. United, meanwhile, have problems with their attack.
Despite the fact that United's attacking players are world-class players, the team's attack still lacks consistency and effectiveness. Manchester United will need to revisit their attacking tactics and reformulate a set of attacking tactics that suit the team. Secondly, Manchester United's player form is also a concern. Some of the team's main players, such as Romelu Lukaku, Bruno Fernandes and Anthony Martial, have seen a big slump.
These players are at the heart of Manchester United and the team needs their performances. However, with Manchester United's current form, they will need to rediscover their form if they are to bring more help to the team. Finally, United will need to re-examine their tactics and strategies. In modern football, tactics and strategy are very important, and teams need to have a complete tactical system and strategic plan.
Manchester United need to rethink the way they play, reformulate their tactics and strategies, and need to bring more energy and motivation to the team. In short, United need to change now, they need to re-examine their problems and come up with a plan to solve them.
If United are to get out of their current predicament, they need to change themselves, rediscover their mentality and belief, and rediscover the Manchester United team that once dominated Europe.