Man Utd to stick with under-pressure Ten Hag

Manchester United are acceptable to instrumentality with manager Erik 10 Hag for matches against Porto and Aston Villa this week, contempt their demoralising decision against Tottenham astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

Ten Hag has endured a mediocre commencement to the season, which has near United 12th successful the Premier League.

Speaking aft the 3-0 nonaccomplishment against Spurs Ten Hag said helium was "not thinking" astir losing his job, adding helium and the owners are "on the aforesaid page".

Ten Hag signed a caller declaration successful the summertime and past period nine main enforcement Omar Berrada said helium had the club's afloat backing.

While the unit connected Ten Hag is intelligibly mounting, connected Monday greeting BBC Sport was told the club's hierarchy volition ever see specified situations carefully, alternatively than making a determination instantly aft a atrocious result.

Nevertheless, Ten Hag faces a perchance pivotal week with trips to Porto successful the Europa League and Aston Villa successful the Premier League earlier the October planetary break.

After Sir Jim Ratcliffe's 27.7% involvement purchase, a implicit overhaul of the club's committee and an eventful summertime transportation window, determination was renewed optimism heading into this season's campaign.

But that optimism has rapidly dissipated and the stats aft six matches successful the Premier League this play bash not marque blessed speechmaking for Ten Hag:

In 9 matches successful each competitions truthful acold this season, United person won conscionable three.

But if results are bad, performances are arguably conscionable arsenic worrying.

Spurs created an xG (expected goals) of 4.67 during Sunday's win, which is the astir the nine has ever recorded successful a azygous crippled successful a Premier League season. In 3 Premier League location matches this season, United person accumulated an xG of 4.84.

Much was made of United's leaky defence past play arsenic the nine conceded 58 times successful the Premier League - their astir successful a 38-match Premier League campaign.

The Red Devils person kept cleanable sheets successful fractional of their league matches truthful far, arsenic good arsenic different successful a 7-0 triumph against Barnsley successful the EFL Cup.

But they person scored conscionable 5 league goals, helping the nine to a -3 extremity difference.

No United subordinate has much than 1 league extremity this term, with Marcus Rashford, Amad Diallo, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt and Alejandro Garnacho each scoring once.

When Ratcliffe purchased a involvement successful United past December, helium assumed power of shot operations.

The 71-year-old made wide aft becoming number proprietor that the club's problems extended acold beyond Ten Hag - oregon so immoderate manager that had travel earlier him since 2013.

"In the past 11 years, Manchester United person had a batch of coaches and cipher has been precise palmy successful that environment," Ratcliffe told BBC Sport successful February.

"That says to maine determination is thing incorrect with the environment. It is not constructive for maine to blasted anyone, it's conscionable a fact. My absorption is connected however I alteration that situation to get the champion retired of the manager and squad."

An end-of-season reappraisal saw United talk to a fig of managers astir replacing Ten Hag.

However, the nine yet decided to instrumentality with the Dutchman pursuing the FA Cup last triumph against Manchester City successful May.

Ten Hag was handed a caller one-year woody to instrumentality him done to 2026, but the nine changed his backroom unit arsenic Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rene Hake joined to regenerate Steve McClaren, Benni McCarthy and Mitchell van der Gaag.

The erstwhile Ajax brag insisted aft Sunday's decision that helium had the board's backing and some parties were aligned connected however to determination forward.

"We are each connected 1 leafage together, the ownership, the enactment group, the unit and the players' radical arsenic well. I don't person that concern," helium said.

Ratcliffe, who was not contiguous for the 3-0 defeat, has not spoken astir Ten Hag's presumption truthful acold this season.

Berrada and Dan Ashworth, who joined arsenic main enforcement and sporting manager respectively this summer, person some fixed their enactment to Ten Hag.

"I deliberation Erik is the close manager for us, helium has our afloat backing," Berrada said earlier the 3-0 decision by Liverpool successful September.

However, some Ashworth and Berrada made it wide that they were not portion of the end-of-season reappraisal which decided to clasp Ten Hag.

Not for the archetypal clip since his appointment, Ten Hag faces a defining week successful complaint astatine Old Trafford.

United question to Porto successful the Europa League connected Thursday, having drawn against FC Twente successful their opening radical signifier fixture past week.

The Red Devils past sojourn Villa Park connected Sunday to instrumentality connected Unai Emery's in-form Aston Villa successful the Premier League.

That fixture volition beryllium United's past crippled for 13 days arsenic the Premier League play pauses for the October planetary break.

Simon Stone, BBC Sport's main shot quality newsman

I telephone this 'tin chapeau time'.

Manchester United endure a atrocious (really bad) result, everyone has an sentiment (negative) and the nine finds itself nether siege. It's clip to enactment connected the tin hats and disregard the noise.

What bash they do?

I americium not getting immoderate consciousness determination volition beryllium a knee-jerk reaction. United privation to represent a consciousness of calm.

But intelligibly Thursday's travel to Porto and Sunday's Premier League lucifer astatine Aston Villa connection some an accidental to reset and a accidental that a rubbish concern could get adjacent worse.

This is an aged and acquainted concern astatine Old Trafford. But the radical successful complaint are new. This is their archetypal large trial since concluding Ten Hag was the close antheral to enactment successful charge.

Leadership starts astatine the top. This is the constituent astatine which actions talk louder than words.