Ten Hag admits Man Utd's defeat to Spurs was not up to standard

Ten Hag later expressed his frustration, stating, "Conceding a goal within the first two or three minutes really affected our confidence. It was completely avoidable. The way the centre-half left gaps in our defense, allowing the opposition to exploit the right side and score at the far post, was a repeat of our mistakes from the midweek game against Twente. We need to address this issue immediately to prevent it from happening again."

"From that moment on we were stressed on the ball. We could not find the triangles or the switches, we had some good moments, but from that moment we could not get a foothold. And we can do better than that. Even after such a mistake from us we should stay calm.

"We had chances and our moments to get back in the game, with Joshua Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho when we still had 11 players and then after the red card too we had moments.

"We had our chances before half-time and in the second half with 10 men we had chances as well. It definitely had an impact on the game. I don't think it was a red card."

"First we have to deal with this and show resilience. This is not good enough. We have to accept this and get better. Focus on the next game and do things better than we did today."