Erik ten Hag responds to Man Utd sack fears after Tottenham thrashing

Manchester United were smashed by Tottenham on Sunday, with the pressure now ramping up on Red Devils manager Erik ten Hag following a dismal start to the season

Erik ten Hag has dismissed questions about his future despite Manchester United's dismal defeat to Tottenham on Sunday.

Brennan Johnson scored after just two minutes and 35 seconds to put the visitors ahead following Micky van de Ven's bursting run forward. Things went from bad to worse for United when captain Bruno Fernandes was then sent off for serious foul play three minutes before half-time.

Spurs took full advantage of the extra man, with Dejan Kulusevski doubling his side's lead soon after the break. Dominic Solanke wrapped up the scoring with 13 minutes remaining when he poked home from close range, with United left embarrassed.

Despite Sunday's defeat, which was United's third in seven games so far this season, Ten Hag insisted he is still the right man for the job. He insisted that a review has already taken place and he is confident his bosses will stick to the plan.

"No I am not thinking about this. We all made this decision to stay together in summer, as ownership group, leadership group. Also we made the decision, after a clear review, what we have to improve as an organisation and how to construct a squad," he said.

"All decisions made in togetherness, also knowing it would take some time. We are all there on one page, one boat, the ownership, the leadership group, the staff, players too."

While he is confident of keeping his job, the United boss did not hold back in his assessment of his team's performance at Old Trafford. The Dutchman admitted his side are not good enoug as he blasted the way Spurs went ahead.

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"To concede a goal after two or three minutes like that, it did something to our belief. Totally unneccessary. To concede a goal like this, the [opposing] centre-half stepping in and passing the whole team over the right side and then the winger tapping in at the far post. Same mistake as in the midweek against Twente, it should be stopped in the first moment," he told Match of the Day.

"From that moment on we were stressed on the ball. We could not find the triangles or the switches, we had some good moments, but from that moment we could not get a foothold. And we can do better than that. Even after such a mistake from us we should stay calm.

"We had chances and our moments to get back in the game, with Joshua Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho when we still had 11 players and then after the red card too we had moments.

"We had our chances before half-time and in the second half with 10 men we had chances as well. It definitely had an impact on the game. I don't think it was a red card. First we have to deal with this and show resilience. This is not good enough. We have to accept this and get better. Focus on the next game and do things better than we did today."

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