While Manchester United’s involvement in European competition came to a crashing end on Tuesday with their 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich, embattled manager Erik ten Hag said his team can now focus on improving their disappointing Premier League position.
“There are still many things to play for and now we can focus, of course, on the Premier League and this is the level we want to play, Champions League, so we have to give every effort to be in the top four and next year be back in Champions League,” Ten Hag told reporters.
“And then of course, we have the FA Cup, so there are so many things to play for.”
“The big concern is that (Rasmus) Hojlund didn’t have a chance. They’re not creating anything,” former United midfielder Paul Scholes said on TNT Sports. “It’s been a really poor campaign.”
Hojlund was United’s top scorer in their Champions League campaign with five goals.
Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel, whose team went unbeaten to finish top of Group A with 16 points, was asked if he felt for Ten Hag’s predicament.
“Almost always I feel sympathy for the other coach but we try everything to win matches. Of course I have sympathy, he has a lot of key players injured for a decisive match,” Tuchel said. “But I am pretty sure he knows what to do next.”
