Ten Hag: Our game management must improve

Erik ten Hag has acknowledged that his Manchester United players must improve their game management in the season ahead.

The Reds were beaten 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday in our first away match of the Premier League campaign, after Seagulls striker Joao Pedro headed a 95th-minute winner.

It was the sixth time since the 2022/23 season that United have lost a league game from a goal scored in second-half stoppage time.

Speaking in his post-match press conference at the Amex Stadium, Ten Hag insisted his team must keep going until the final whistle sounds.

“We have good potential but we have to keep going until the end because where we concede, in the Community Shield [against Manchester City], almost in stoppage time,” the manager told reporters.

“Now, in stoppage time, we concede a goal and you have to keep going until the end.

“The game is finished when the referee whistles three times and that is what we didn’t do well. Game management – we should improve that.”

Ten Hag’s side will be hoping to bounce back from the disappointment on the south coast when Arne Slot’s Liverpool visit Old Trafford on Sunday 1 September, with kick-off at 16:00 BST.

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