Erik ten Hag reckons that Manchester United’s FA Cup victory over Liverpool will go down in history.
Jurgen Klopp’s side’s hopes of triumphing 4 trophies this season got here to an quit as they suffered a 4-3 quarter-final loss at Old Trafford. The tie was a thriller that had regarded would head to penalties after extra-time. Alexis Mac Allister, Mo Salah and Harvey Elliott had been on goal for Liverpool whilst Scott McTominay, Antony and Marcus Rashford bagged for United.But with seconds left of the showdown, United booked their spot in the final 4 at Wembley when Amad Diallo rounded off a counter-attack in the 2d minute of stoppage-time.The win helped ease strain on ten Hag and the FA Cup should prove the Red Devils’ salvation after failing to mount a Premier League title project and crashing out of the Champions League when finishing bottom of their group. There have been masses of questions asked about United – however ten Hag was full of admiration for his side’s display.
The United boss said: “There are games where I used to be involved like this previously, yes. But, of course, when it’s Manchester United towards Liverpool, one of the world’s first-rate football matches, this is happening, I assume it’s historical.”
“I notion [the] first 35 minutes was the nice I have viewed from my team this season. We played so well, in and out of possession. And then the final 10 minutes. And also after half-time, we dropped off a level, and you see Liverpool is a very properly team. And then they took over, but then, finally, we modified our style, the system especially, and from that second on we took the initiative, and we believed in it, and we created chances, and we scored goalsAmad used to be given a second yellow card after scoring the winner for taking off his shirt. The forward had been booked before for a foul on Mac Allister minutes earlier. It capacity that the former Sunderland loanee will have to serve a one-match suspension for United’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Brentford after the worldwide break.
But ten Hag was once pissed off that Amad had until now long past into referee John Brooks’ notebook. He added: “It used to be not right to e book him for that. It was once clear it was in their 1/2 and now not our half, the free-kick
