Why Manuel Ugarte did not begin for Man Utd at Southampton
Erik ten Hag mentioned Manuel Ugarte wasn’t ready to begin for Manchester United of their eventual 3-0 win over Southampton.
Targets from Matthijs de Ligt, Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho sealed a cushty win for the Pink Devils, who noticed Andre Onana save a Cameron Archer penalty moments earlier than De Ligt headed dwelling the opener.
There was shock when Christian Eriksen was named in United’s beginning lineup previous to the sport forward of Ugarte – the Dane changing Casemiro after his abject efficiency towards Liverpool – with some anticipating the £43m arrival from Paris Saint-Germain to begin regardless of the worldwide break disrupting preparations for the journey to Southampton.
Ugarte got here on for Eriksen after 73 minutes, serving to United to not solely see out the sport however rating a late third, and Ten Hag confirmed the rationale for Ugarte’s delayed debut was merely all the way down to the 23-year-old’s lack of ability to coach along with his teammates.
“He did not work with the staff, it was two classes, one earlier than the break and yesterday,” Ten Hag mentioned. “He was the one one later into the staff coaching so solely yesterday he had 20 minutes coaching with the staff. We have been completely happy we may deliver him at present and present what he may ship to our staff.”
Ten Hag additionally took benefit of his post-match air time to blast the criticism levelled at Rashford, who he had prompt previous to the sport was prepared to interrupt his goalscoring duck.
“It is crucial, we don’t take note of what the surface world is saying however there was an excessive amount of negativity to him,” Ten Hag mentioned.
“He created two nice possibilities in that sport [the defeat to Liverpool], in different video games this season he has performed very nicely. He deserved that purpose however you needed to work for it. That’s what he’s doing and then you definitely get a reward. He scored an incredible purpose.”
The purpose was Rashford’s 132nd in United colors, with Ten Hag including: “He scored already so many objectives for Manchester United. At his age the variety of objectives is wonderful and I am certain he’ll rating many extra objectives.
“To get right into a season for any striker is so necessary, to be on the scoring record and then you definitely construct momentum and perception after which it can come into extra objectives.”
