Erik ten Hag tears into Man Utd flops after Bournemouth defeat ‘you can’t do this in the Premier League, you get killed’

ERIK TEN HAG has torn into his Manchester United players following their humiliating defeat to Bournemouth.

The Red Devils were thumped 3-0 at Old Trafford by the Cherries in a blow to their top-four hopes.

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Erik ten Hag tore into his players after the gameRex

The visitors took the lead just five minutes into the match as Dominic Solanke slotted past Andre Onana.

Bournemouth continued to impress after half-time as Philip Billing doubled the lead.

Marcos Senesi completed the rout in the 73rd minute, however, it could have been worse for United as Dango Ouattara had a goal ruled out by VAR.

After the match, Ten Hag was left seething as he slammed his players for their performance.

He said: “You have to be at your best in every game, starting with focus.

“When you start like we did, you get killed. They are good opponents but we have to do better.

“We know we are able to do it, we showed it in the week. We have to leave this behind but we have to talk about it.

“You need consistency, we can play a very good game against many opponents, we are able to do it but you have to do it every third day.

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“Get it right and the demands are of a certain standard. We have to go to higher standards to deliver it every third day.”

Fans were left with little to cheer, although there was some celebration when Anthony Martial was subbed off.

Supporters had already been left fuming after seeing that the French forward was named in the starting eleven.

To make matters worse for the Dutch manager, he will be without captain Bruno Fernandes for the Premier League clash against Liverpool.

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The Portuguese international picked up a yellow card, his fifth of the season, meaning he is suspended for the trip to Anfield.

Fernandes spoke after the game as he admitted that the team’s levels were not up to standard.

Speaking to the media, the midfielder said: “We lacked many things and that’s why we don’t get the result today.

“Everything was lower than the levels in the game before and that’s why when you play teams like Bournemouth, who are really aggressive and on the front foot, they press you, and you think it’s going to be easy, you get these kind of results.

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“Everything was underperforming. Creativity, movement and arriving with bodies into the box.

“Most of the time we arrived with one or two players, but in the last game we had more getting in the box to score a goal.

“Today, it was, as I said, underperforming. We just lack consistency and that’s a big part of football.

“It’s really important to be consistent every game and we’re not being.”

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