Manager of Manchester United Erik ten Hag has attributed the Red Devils’ exit from the UEFA Champions League to individual mistakes.
Recall that United needed to beat Bayern Munich while hoping FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray played out a draw for them to qualify.
However, Man United lost 1-0 at Old Trafford to the Bavarians to end any hope of qualifying to the knockout stages of the competition.
With Copenhagen winning and progressing, United finished fourth and are out of Europe entirely.
Ten Hag said that individual errors cost his team qualification to the next round.
“We didn’t lose today in the Champions League, we lost it before. We have to acknowledge that. I think we’ve had some good performances but then also we made mistakes, individual errors from players.
“In the end, it’s not good enough but I think, today, the performance was very good again and we didn’t deserve to lose.”
He added on their efforts: “The team did very good, we were very good in the defending organization, and we were very good in the pressing. We had many ball regains, especially at the start of the second half. I think the team was very good together and there was good spirit. We won a lot of balls but didn’t take benefit from it.
“Also we played against a strong side – Bayern is a good team and even if they are not in the game, they have individual class to use one moment and unfortunately, it happened.
