{"id":630365,"date":"2023-10-04T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=630365"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:01:32","slug":"erik-ten-hag-records-man-utd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/10\/04\/erik-ten-hag-records-man-utd\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Shocking Records Set by Erik ten Hag After Man Utd&#8217;s 3-2 Loss to Galatasaray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Erik ten Hag had hoped for a fresh start after last Wednesday&#8217;s comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/manchester-united-vs-crystal-palace\/498871\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3-0<\/a> victory against Crystal Palace in the Carabou Cup, then he certainly didn&#8217;t get it. With Man Utd&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11661\/12971569\/man-utd-0-1-crystal-palace-joachim-andersen-winner-increases-pressure-on-erik-ten-hag\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1-0<\/a> defeat to the same side at Old Trafford on Saturday and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/report\/_\/gameId\/687556\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3-2<\/a> collapse against Galatasaray on Tuesday, he has now set five astonishing records he would have never wanted.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;scb\/soccer_advance_group_a&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Man Utd Set Fifth New Record After Crushing 3-2 Defeat to Galatasaray<\/h2>\n<h3>Erik ten Hag&#8217;s Side Collapse Under the Spotlight<\/h3>\n<p>Fans at Old Trafford were stunned on Tuesday night after the Red Devils suffered a crushing 3-2 defeat to Turkish champions Galatasaray. United should have cruised to victory after taking control of the fixture in the 67th minute from Rasmus Hojlund&#8217;s second of the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>Man Utd&#8217;s Problem that Erik ten Hag Can&#8217;t Fix<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manchester United&#039;s SECRET Problem That Ten Hag CAN&#039;T Fix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nsdrBsJsIG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, lapses in concentration led to an immediate response by Muhammed Akturkoglu bringing the game level just four minutes later. Next, a shocking misplaced pass from Andre Onana forced Casemiro into a desperate lunge for the ball, resulting in a penalty and a second yellow card.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Mauro Icardi&#8217;s failure to convert from 12 yards, he was cool and composed when set through on goal in the 81st minute, lobbing the Cameroon international with ease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/10\/04\/manchester-united-jadon-sancho-transfer-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Journalist Drops Major Manchester United Transfer Hint Involving \u2018Exceptional\u2019 Player<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Erik ten Hag Makes Unwanted History<\/h3>\n<p>The Reds&#8217; start to the 2023\/24 campaign has been a disaster. While their head coach could point to the shocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/manchester-united-team-injury-news-27826117\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">injury crisis<\/a> that has left his team without star players such as Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, many will feel that his side still possesses the quality to perform far better than they have.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five shocking records set by Man Utd under Erik ten Hag this season:<\/p>\n<p>(1) The 3-2 defeat to Galatasaray marks the first time in their history that United have lost their opening two UEFA Champions League Matches.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Before Tuesday night, the club had never conceded seven goals in their opening two Champions League games.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Saturday&#8217;s 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace resulted in the first time the Red Devils have lost four of their opening seven Premier League fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Nine points is United&#8217;s lowest-ever tally seven games into a Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Their losses to Brighton, Arsenal and Bayern Munich were the first time since 1978 that the Reds conceded three goals or more in three consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/10\/01\/man-utd-worst-start-ten-hag\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018No Excuses\u2019: Erik Ten Hag Booed As Man Utd Narrowly Avoid Bottom-Half \u2013 Their Worst Start To A Premier League Season<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Man Utd Desperate for Victory at Old Trafford vs Brentford<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United face 14th-placed Brentford FC at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon and will be begging for three points after their disastrous start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>While their Dutch manager may be haunted by memories of a 4-0 defeat to the Bees early in his reign, he may take some solace from the fact he will be in front of his home crowd. Their record against Thomas Frank&#8217;s side is strong, with the Manchester side victorious in three of their last four meetings.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_game_tile query=&#8221;536619&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>However, another loss will place Erik ten Hag amongst more unwanted history, as United have not lost to Brentford in their last five home ties, a record that stretches back to 1939. A third consecutive league defeat at Old Trafford would also be a first for the club since February 1979.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the squad can be galvanised and go again after such a crushing blow, with their start to the \u00a0Premier League season disappointing many fans and their Champions League hopes already in doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Erik ten Hag had hoped for a fresh start after last Wednesday&#8217;s comprehensive 3-0 victory against Crystal Palace in the Carabou Cup, then he certainly didn&#8217;t get it. With Man Utd&#8217;s\u00a01-0 defeat to the same side at Old Trafford on Saturday and a 3-2 collapse against Galatasaray on Tuesday, he has now set five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4759,"featured_media":630369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,378,3],"tags":[4315,5686,31637],"class_list":["post-630365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-champions-league","category-premier-league","tag-erik-ten-hag","tag-manchester-united-fixtures","tag-manchester-united-records"],"modified_by":"Brendan Pridmore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}