Manchester United boss Ten Hag on their 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League epic

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Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag on their 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League epic clash and his pride in the fighting spirit showed by his side

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00:00 "Hi Erik, after three defeats on the win, what's the mood like in the dressing room

00:16 after that defeat?

00:17 It was quite narrow?"

00:18 "Disappointed.

00:24 When you score three goals in Munich, at least you have to take a point.

00:30 We didn't, so we have to look in the mirror.

00:33 The goals were easy giveaways."

00:35 "Why are the goals so easy giveaways at this moment in time?

00:55 We were better in the game as Munich.

01:06 That goal was so easy, but it was not only Andre.

01:09 If you see how easy Sané is coming through, that has to do with determination.

01:18 You don't let play so easy through.

01:21 That's the point, we have to cross the line as undefeatable and as a team to win games.

01:32 Because it started there."

01:34 "Does that evening of football, does that performance sum up where the team is at the

01:43 moment?"

01:44 "What you have seen on a very high level, it was against Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Brighton,

01:57 all top level teams.

02:00 We are going head to head, but they win.

02:08 In the way they win, we have to make our own luck, and that has to do with determination.

02:17 Then you make your own luck.

02:19 Otherwise you don't get it, because no one will bring you anything in football."

02:24 "How is Andre?

02:28 It seems he took the mistake very hard on the pitch."

02:33 "That's good, but as I just before tried, it was not only Andre.

02:39 Of course he knows he has to stop that ball.

02:44 The way that Sané came through, that can't be.

02:51 The second goal, that is I think almost similar, over the other side.

02:56 How easy plays coming through and enter our box and then can finish, can't be."

03:02 "That's what I mean, you have to sacrifice in certain situations, to give everything

03:21 to stop that.

03:24 Only when we get that in, we go to win games."

03:28 "Andre has admitted that the start to his career with Manchester United has not been

03:35 as good as he expected or as he hoped.

03:37 When you have a player like that, who is obviously not performing at the level you know he can,

03:41 and his confidence is low, how do you deal with that?

03:44 Do you take him out of the firing line, or do you talk to him?

03:47 How do you as a manager get him back to the level you know he can get to?"

03:51 "I think he shows that he takes the responsibility and that shows personality.

04:00 The personality he needs to get in higher levels, but that's not only about him, but

04:09 I think it's about the team performance.

04:14 We have to support him on the pitch.

04:17 It's not only about being nice, we have to help him.

04:22 But that's not only counting for Andre, I think it counts for all the players on the

04:28 pitch.

04:29 They have to understand they are there with eleven and they are in the same boat and they

04:36 have to be on the same page to get the results."

04:39 "You've known Andre for a long time, you've worked with him before, how do you think he

04:44 will react to this match?"

04:48 "In football there will always be mistakes, and there was one mistake.

04:56 So we also don't make it bigger than it is.

05:02 As I said already, it was not only Andre in that goal, there were more.

05:07 After that he made great saves for us in the second half, so he shows his capabilities

05:15 and he will bounce back.

05:18 He is an important player."

05:23 "Much of last season you seemed to defend quite well, it was the problem with scoring

05:27 goals.

05:28 This season you don't seem to be defending as well.

05:31 Is that an issue because of the injuries or is it a mentality issue?"

05:36 "Both.

05:40 We only get out of this if we get in."

05:49 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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