Erik Ten Hag Trolls With Series Of Unwanted Manchester United Records This Season

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been plagued by a series of unwanted “records” this season.

Despite having high hopes for their 2023/24 EPL campaign and aspirations for the title, the team has only managed to secure three victories while suffering four defeats in their first seven games.

Unfortunately, the situation worsened as Manchester United faced a 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford against Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday, October 3.

With this loss, they have now been defeated in six out of their first ten matches in all competitions this season.

The pressure on Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag continues to grow as his struggling team suffered a 1-0 loss at their home ground to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, September 30.

Recently, the team squandered a 2-1 lead, ultimately succumbing to a 3-2 defeat in their Champions League encounter against Galatasaray to mark their worst start to a season since 1986.

With six losses out of their first 10 games, it marks the first time in 37 years The Red Devils have started the season so poorly.

The team’s chances of progressing past the Champions League group stages are now in doubt after just two matches.

Erik ten Hag’s position as the manager of Manchester United is now in jeopardy following this significant setback.

Furthermore, under his leadership, the team has achieved some terrible records against Manchester United this season.

Futballnews brings you a list of awful records broken against Manchester United so far this season under the leadership of Erik Ten Hag.

Erik Ten Hag’s awful record against Galatasaray in the Champions League

Galatasaray had never won a game on English soil in their 117 years of existence until they faced Erik Ten Hag’s team and thrashed them 3-2 on Wednesday, October 3.

Manchester United had never lost their first two Champions League group stage matches, until now under Erik Ten Hag.

Also, The Red Devils had never conceded seven goals in the opening two UCL group stage matches, which has also changed under Erik Ten Hag’s management.

It had been 28 years since Manchester United last conceded four goals in a Champions League group stage game until Erik Ten Hag took over as manager.

Galatasaray hadn’t scored or won an away game in the Champions League since 2015 but suddenly managed to score three in one game once they came face-to-face with Erik Ten Hag.

Ten Hag’s worst record in the Premier League

In the history of the Premier League, Manchester United had never lost four of their opening seven games until Erik Ten Hag showed up.

Since 1989, Manchester United had never accumulated as few as nine points in the first seven games of the season, but that changed when Erik Ten Hag took charge.

Not since 1978 had Manchester United conceded three or more goals in three consecutive matches, and then they recorded that under Erik Ten Hag.

For the first time, Manchester United suffered a loss at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, thanks to Erik Ten Hag.

Since 1973-74, Manchester United had never lost their first two away games of the season, but Erik Ten Hag changed that, as they fell to defeats against Arsenal and Tottenham.

In addition, it had been forty years since Manchester United had conceded more than one goal in four consecutive league games, until Erik Ten Hag’s tenure.

Manchester United had never conceded 2 goals in the opening 4 minutes of a PL game at Old Trafford Until Erik Ten Hag following Nottingham Forest’s visit in United’s eventual 3-2 win.

Furthermore, Manchester United had never conceded 23 shots in one game at Old Trafford in PL history, Until Erik Ten Hag.

Another ‘landmark’ accomplished by Ten Hag was Brighton’s consecutive victories at Old Trafford.

Before Ten Hag’s reign, Brighton had never won two matches in a row at this iconic stadium.

However, last season saw another first as Manchester United lost to Brighton for the first time at Old Trafford.

And this season, Brighton achieved another milestone by securing successive wins at Old Trafford, thrashing them 3-1; a feat they had never accomplished before.

Ten Hag speaks on the club’s poor performance amid concerns of losing his job

Despite Manchester United’s disappointing start to the season which includes a Champions League home defeat by Galatasaray, manager Erik ten Hag remains unconcerned about losing his job.

When asked if he was worried about losing his job, the Dutchman responded:”Last season was exceptional, exceeding all expectations.”

“We were aware that in this project, there would be challenges. We are currently going through a tough phase, as evident to all.”

“However, we will emerge from this together. We are united in our fight, standing by each other. This includes me, the directors, and the team. Together, we will fight.”