Marcus Rashford reveals the key to the u-turn at Manchester United under Erik ten Hag.
Since becoming manager in the summer, Erik ten Hag has revolutionized Manchester United.
Marcus Rashford believes that being able to defeat the “bigger teams” has been the key to Manchester United’s recovery this season under manager Erik ten Hag.
United qualified for the Carabao Cup final on Wednesday night after defeating Nottingham Forest 2-0 at Old Trafford to secure a 5-0 aggregate victory. This season, United has also defeated Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Tottenham Hotspur. The Red Devils have reestablished Old Trafford as a fortress, as each of the aforementioned four clubs left M16 empty-handed.
The Reds scored their first Premier League victory of the season against Liverpool in August, inaugurating the Ten Hag era after consecutive losses to Brighton and Brentford in his first two games in charge. Since defeating Liverpool, United has not looked back and is in a solid position to finish in the top four and win at least one trophy this season.
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After United’s 4-0 loss to Brentford in August, nobody gave them a chance to be successful this season. Rashford has now revealed what he believes has contributed to the team’s success since Ten Hag’s leadership.
“I think it starts with the belief,” Rashford told Sky Sports, addressing United’s transformation this season. “I think it is clear that we have the ability in the squad to go and win trophies and win the biggest games.
” We’ve shown, even at our worst, that we can beat the biggest teams and it’s not luck. It’s not, ‘Oh, they had a lucky day’. Other than last season where we wasn’t quite consistent with it, we have had good games against the best teams in the country and some of them teams, especially City over the last few years, Liverpool, Arsenal this season, they are probably the best teams in Europe and are definitely in that conversation.
“It all starts with just the belief and winning games against the likes of those teams gives you that belief that you can go on and win trophies. You’re always having to compete with other teams, but we have almost had to take a step back from it and just work on ourselves and that is the manager’s mindset.”
Rashford continued, “That’s the only method I’ve ever known to enhance your skill set; you can’t compare yourself to others, you simply have to work on yourself day after day. This has been our practice.
“We have had some bad defeats along the way that usually take us about three or four games to completely bounce back from, confidence-wise and results-wise. I think, at times, we have shown after bad results that we can not only come back and win the next game but go on a consecutive run of winning games and if you’re capable of that you can always be in and around the opportunity of winning trophies.”
