Erik ten Hag hit out at his Manchester United players after the dramatic 2-1 win over Brentford telling his squad “if you can’t handle the pressure, don’t play here.”
United needed two stoppage time goals from substitute Scott McTominay to avoid a third successive defeat at Old Trafford.
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Afterwards, Ten Hag said his team had been “eaten” by Brentford in the first half and urged his players to be more “determined.”
“When you can’t handle the pressure, don’t play here,” said Ten Hag.
“Those players, they are so experienced. These are such high quality players so they have to take responsibility.
“In football it is eat or get eaten. Too many times in the first half of this season we got eaten by opponents who are more hungry. This can’t be. It has to go away. Every player has to deliver that in every second he is on the pitch.
“That is the demand, the standard, when you do that we have seen last season you get a determined team. We were not always determined on every occasion in games, and you get hammered for it. This has to change.”
