Erik ten Hag says Anthony Martial “begged” to play in opposition to Manchester Metropolis and that his withdrawal at half time was only a precaution.
Talking on the pre-match press convention forward of tomorrow’s conflict with Crystal Palace, the boss mentioned:
“He [Martial] begged to begin [against Man City] and I knew the beginning was so necessary on this recreation. He’s particularly actually good in urgent, a very huge factor in our urgent – he did that actually properly earlier than half-time
“I hope to keep away from him getting injured however he was complaining and that’s why he didn’t prepare within the week, we determined and he determined as properly [that he was fit enough to start].
“But additionally you noticed he was not succesful to go 100% and that’s what you want. Additionally, to keep away from getting injured, we took him off. Nevertheless it additionally had an influence on our recreation, a adverse influence after half time.”
The supervisor additionally acknowledged that his United facet partied after beating Metropolis however that they had been now settling down to focus on tomorrow’s essential recreation.
“For those who can’t rejoice, you kill the power,” he mentioned. “However after it, we needed to cool down after 24 hours and transfer on to the subsequent recreation.”
When requested whether or not Wout Weghort would debut within the recreation, Ten Hag was coy, saying “Oh, I’ve to assume that over, so first cool down this recreation [City] we now have to set the correct conclusions, then we are going to make the clear plan.”
He additionally was requested to clarify the choice of Bruno Fernandes on the correct wing.
“I feel he performed the function actually sensible, on the correct and the left. I feel the remainder of the staff tailored good to the state of affairs and I feel we had actually good breaks by discovering the free man,” he mentioned.
“Bruno was [an] necessary consider that function and he was necessary to the urgent as properly, I feel. I didn’t know he was [Sky’s] Man of the Match, however he was my Man of the Match, positively, Bruno Fernandes.”
United face Palace at Selhurst Park tomorrow at 8pm.
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