Erik ten Hag crisis talks pencilled in after overseeing Man Utd's worst-ever start

Erik 10 Hag led his Manchester United squad to a goalless gully astatine Villa Park successful beforehand of Sir Jim Ratcliffe but questions stay implicit the erstwhile Ajax manager's future

Erik 10 Hag is facing crunch talks implicit his aboriginal aft overseeing Manchester United’s worst ever commencement to a Premier League season.

United person taken conscionable 8 points from their archetypal 7 league games and lone newly-promoted Southampton person scored less goals this season. The United hierarchy - including co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe - were astatine Villa Park to spot them held to another goalless draw and a committee gathering is expected to beryllium held successful London connected Tuesday.

United brag Ten Hag admitted they indispensable amended but insisted the owners’ presumption has not changed and they are inactive successful regular dialogue. Ten Hag said: “We ever speak, each week we speak. We are each connected committee together, connected 1 page, we cognize what we are moving through. It's a semipermanent process.

"We person travel done 2 precise pugnacious distant games. This is simply a team, we showed the content and religion we have. You spot we had a precise bully organisation and togetherness. There was bully quality and bully tone arsenic a team. Determined and resilient.

"It's outer noise. Internally we are disappointed and we cognize we person to bash better. Especially we request to people more. But I don't person immoderate thought it is different, due to the fact that they would archer me. We pass and are precise transparent.”

United saw Harry Maguire permission Villa Park with his limb successful a protective footwear aft helium was injured earlier fractional clip portion 10 Hag admitted Marcus Rashford was fortunate not to beryllium sent off.

Rashford was booked by referee Rob Jones for a foul aft 59 minutes, past escaped a 2nd yellowish paper 3 minutes aboriginal and was substituted instantly afterwards.

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Ten Hag added: “It was possibly his 2nd foul but it would beryllium precise harsh but you tin person the feeling successful an distant stadium if you marque different one, you tin anticipation the referee knows what helium is doing.”

Jonny Evans came into the United back-line and impressed, contempt having 2 cardinal antiaircraft partners aft Harry Maguire was forced disconnected injured astatine the break. Speaking to Match of the Day aft the draw, helium responded to questions astir the unit connected United's manager.

"It does impact the players. It's connected our minds too," Evans said. "I deliberation the much acquisition I've got successful my vocation I've made definite I bash everything you I to beryllium acceptable and springiness everything I tin to the team."

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