Ten Hag laments injuries as Man Utd concede ‘two stupid goals’

Erik ten Hag became as soon as left ruing ruin concerns as Manchester United suffered slack heartbreak in opposition to Sevilla in the Europa League, while Marcel Sabitzer slammed “two stupid dreams” to concede.

Sabitzer’s first-half of double apparently had United in total take care of watch over of Thursday’s quarter-closing first leg, with Ten Hag’s hosts dominant in some unspecified time in the future of at Earlier Trafford.

But a Tyrell Malacia have goal six minutes from time handed Sevilla hope sooner than Harry Maguire deflected into his have pick up in the 92nd minute.

Ten Hag insisted United’s 2-2 intention became as soon as correct down to cross fortune, versus his substitutes collapsing below slack stress.

The United manager informed BT Sport: “I deem we had the sport in hand, we bear been 2-0 up and could per chance perhaps impartial bear scored three or four. The sport became as soon as entirely on us.

“Some heart-broken moments with accidents. Raphael Varane at half of-time, Anthony Martial on sage of it became as soon as his first originate, Antony and Bruno Fernandes on sage of they bear been on a yellow card.

“Then we lose take care of watch over at an heart-broken 2nd, then one other heart-broken 2nd with Lisandro [Martinez] going off injured after we rush correct down to 10.

“We conceded two have dreams, that’s cross success. We must study, and now we bear got to kill the sport, but everything is initiate for the next sport.

“I know we will provide the selection to attain better with these avid gamers in the final a part of the sport, we needed to be more soundless and could per chance perhaps impartial cash in on our counter-attacking opportunities, but we didn’t.

“We bear been a shrimp bit heart-broken with the defending, two have dreams, and deflected photographs, it’s not an excellent night.”

The slack drama saw United became gorgeous the 2nd English facet to ranking two have dreams in a single match in a indispensable European opponents, after Chelsea in opposition to Ten Hag’s Ajax in November 2019.

It became as soon as furthermore the principle time United didn’t secure a match in a indispensable European opponents as soon as they’d a two-goal lead, since a 3-3 intention with Basel in September 2011.

Sabitzer became as soon as left struggling to search out an reason slack the chaotic finale after United relinquished what perceived to be an unassailable role.

“I bear concerns finding the gorgeous words, fancy a rollercoaster sport,” the United loanee informed BT Sport.

“We played an very excellent first half of, had excellent prospects after and we needed to enact the sport off. On the stop, it is a intention and that’s not what we wanted so now we bear got to rush to Sevilla and get it carried out there.

“Sadly we gave away easy dreams, we won’t concede virtually all these dreams and we are very disappointed now.

“In a contest fancy this it’s good to always be focused till the stop, should always that you just can need gotten a per cent much less that you just can provide the sport away.

“I deem the final minutes bear been a chunk unfamiliar, one man down and we needed to get the carried out.

“However as I said, two stupid dreams and that’s not what we wanted. Very pissed off. You per chance can’t concede fancy this and not focal point till the stop should always it is possible you’ll per chance perhaps per chance be 2-0 up at dwelling, that you just can need gotten to get it carried out.”

United will hope to war back in the return leg on the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, though the Purple Devils face a nervy wait on the fitness of key center-back pairing Varane and Martinez.

Ten Hag suggested Varane aggravated an ruin that kept him on the sidelines after March’s global atomize, while the Dutchman became as soon as concerned Martinez went down no topic not hard one other participant.

“Licha drops out after a 2nd when there became as soon as no opponent engrossing, it doesn’t look that sizable so now we bear got to wait on,” Ten Hag added.

“The same with Rafa, an ruin he has complained about over the earlier few weeks, so now we bear got to rush searching the intention in which it is now.”