“I’m not afraid of being sacked.”
Crisis-ridden United boss Eric Dier responded to sharp criticism from the media and fans in an interview after the club’s 0-3 home defeat to Tottenham in the sixth round of the English Premier League (EPL) on Tuesday. Fans’ anger is running high.
Having drawn 1-1 with FC Twente in the Europa League on Sept. 26, United conceded a disastrous goal to Brennan Johnson in the third minute, and then conceded consecutive goals to Kulicepski and Solanke. Of course, captain Bruno Fernandez’s 42nd-minute red card was devastating, but the damage was done before that.
Asked after the defeat if he was scared for the future, Tottenham’s coach said: “I’m not thinking about that. We all made this decision together last summer as a leadership, ownership group, and we clearly looked at what we need to improve as an organization. We knew it was going to take time, and the owners, the leadership group, the staff, the players, we’re all on the same page,” he said calmly. “I don’t worry about that. There’s always a new game and a new day. We will bounce back,” he continued.
“Obviously, we have to learn as a team. “We can’t let that happen twice in four days where the opponent’s defender dribbles all the way across the pitch unchallenged,” he said, adding, ”At the highest level of football, mistakes like that don’t happen. It shouldn’t happen,” he emphasized. “The first 30 minutes were below the level we can expect from a team like United,” he reflected.
“When you concede early, you have to stay calm, regroup and stick to our game plan to turn it around and we didn’t do that. 토토사이트 The players were stressed after conceding so early and made poor decisions. We should have done better,” he added.
Tenhach then made a pointed remark.
“The red card changed the game. I don’t think it was a red card situation,” he said.
United have two wins, one draw and three losses (seven points) in their opening six games, dropping to 12th in the table behind 11th-placed Brentford.
Gary Neville told Sky Sports: “The United fans booed the referee, but that’s less than half the story of the day. The biggest story is the first half. It was a terrible performance,” he pointed out. “It was a disgusting performance in terms of effort and quality,” he criticized. “One of the worst performances we’ve seen from Tenach. Horrible, horrible, disgusting, that’s all it was,” said another. “This week (the pressure to resign) will be even more intense. It’s going to be brutal. It was a really bad day for Mr. Tenakh,” he said. Fellow panelist Redknapp was equally blunt: “I’ve seen a lot of games where managers get sacked, and this is the kind of game that gets them sacked,” he said.
“When the club is actively looking for another manager, the players know that the manager is not the right man for the job, so they don’t want him to stay. You can’t keep the manager after you’ve found another manager, so the players play like they’re lost,” he explained.
United legend Rio Ferdinand also lashed out: “I’m ashamed of the lethargic performance. No real ideas, no real fight. “At least tell me that there was an argument in the locker room at half-time, or that someone hit the wall or kicked something. I wish there was at least a fight,” he said.