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As pressure mounts on Man United boss Erik ten Hag, he has now come under fire from a manager who was previously branded “the worst in Premier League history”.
Following United’s 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham, Ten Hag has received considerable criticism from club legends such as Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand.
There remains much uncertainty over the Dutchman’s future at Old Trafford, with United continuing to produce inconsistent performances two years into his tenure.
Now one of Ten Hag’s compatriots has taken the time to criticize the Red Devils boss and insists he has taken the Premier League giants to a “really bad state”.
Former Ajax star Frank de Boer, who managed Crystal Palace in 2017 and lost all four of their league games before being sacked, described United as a team that is “floundering everywhere”.
Erik ten Hag has been criticized as the ‘worst manager in Premier League history’
United looked abject as they suffered a 3-0 defeat at home to Tottenham on Sunday.
According The mirrorDe Boer said: “Having watched them and analyzed Manchester United, I can only say that they are in a bad state.”
“United look like a team that is floundering everywhere. They have been totally outmatched (by Tottenham), and I mean outmatched tactically, in quality, in effort and energy. Where have they not been outmatched?
“I was watching the players and one after another they made stupid mistakes. A lot of players are making bad passes. I was trying to count the number of big things that went wrong in the first 45 minutes and it was impossible to count those big mistakes on one hand. two hands
‘I’m stunned by what I saw in Manchester. It became even more clear how bad United are when I looked at the way Tottenham played from the back, how they built things up, always found a free player, showed guts on the ball and had the right power in the fight for the ball. “I found it surprising how a United rival could play like that.”
The criticism will certainly sting Ten Hag, given that it comes from a manager Jose Mourinho once described as “the worst manager in the history of the Premier League”.
De Boer also criticized United’s Dutch forward Joshua Zirkzee, who struggled to make an impact against Tottenham.
He said, ‘Look at Joshua Zirkzee. I was having a nightmare. It was absolutely shocking. How many times do you make wrong decisions on the field? Okay, he had a shot on goal and the goalkeeper stopped it. But in general he was a champion at losing the ball.
Frank De Boer, who had a bad spell at Crystal Palace, harshly criticized Ten Hag.
De Boer also had harsh words for Joshua Zirkzee after the striker struggled against Spurs.
“During the pre-match warm-up, I was watching him and he was shooting at goal, but he was shooting anywhere but on target!
“Honestly, he didn’t hit the target even once during the warm-up. That was terrible. When you’re a good striker, you don’t have to shoot every ball, you have to make sure your shots are in the corners. During the match, Marcus Rashford tried to shoot like that. Zirkzee never did.
Zirkzee, who joined United from Bologna in the summer, scored a late goal against Fulham in the opening match of the Premier League season but has not found the net in the top flight since.
United were subdued against Tottenham and will look to respond quickly when they face Porto in the Europa League on Thursday.
