What Erik ten Hag told Manchester United at half-time of Barcelona comeback
manchestereveningnews.co.ukErik ten Hag urged his Manchester United players to believe in themselves at half-time of their comeback win over Barcelona in the Europa League.
United came from behind to defeat Barcelona at Old Trafford on Thursday night thanks to second-half goals from Fred and Antony which overturned Robert Lewandowski's first-half penalty.
The Dutchman changed things at the break when he brought Antony on for Wout Weghorst, and it had an immediate impact with a goal just two minutes after the restart. Read next: How the United players rated vs Barcelona It proved to be a masterstroke of a managerial decision and after the match the United manager was quizzed on what he told his players after a poor opening display. "I emphasised the belief," he said in his post-match press conference. "It was too flat first half.
We had our spare man, Casemiro we didn’t use enough. Aaron Wan-Bissaka had a lot of space on the right side, we didn’t use enough.
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