Nothing to panic about - Ten Hag

Manchester United head Erik 10 Hag insists he has thing "to panic about" aft a mediocre commencement to nan season.

BBC Sport has been told nan level are group to stick pinch Ten Hag for cardinal games against Porto and Aston Villa.

Despite Sunday's demoralising 3-0 nonaccomplishment against Tottenham leaving them successful 13th, Ten Hag is assured nan play tin beryllium a "success".

"Nothing is easy, but this is thing for maine to panic about," Ten Hag told Sky Sports connected Monday.

"We tin benignant [the problems] out, this squad tin benignant this out."

United person won conscionable 3 of their 9 fixtures crossed each competitions successful 2023-25, beating Fulham and Southampton successful nan convention and League One Barnsley successful nan EFL Cup.

Ten Hag led nan Red Devils to a 3rd spot successful nan Premier League during his maiden run successful 2022-23, while they besides lifted nan EFL Cup and were runners-up successful nan FA Cup.

Last play United ended nan word eighth - their lowest-ever Premier League decorativeness - but signed disconnected successful style by beating Manchester City to triumph nan FA Cup.

The Dutchman was subsequently rewarded pinch a caller contract, which runs until 2026, complete nan summertime and past period nine main executive Omar Berrada said he had nan club's afloat backing.

"We created a togetherness successful nan summertime pinch nan ownership and nan leadership," Ten Hag said.

"We made this agreement, and we were each down it. We cognize nan strategy [is to bring in] young players successful a modulation period.

"They besides cognize successful May successful each my past six seasons location were ever trophies and that is what we are aiming for."

United look a travel to Porto successful nan Europa League connected Thursday and recreation to Villa successful nan Premier League connected Sunday, earlier nan October world break.

After ending past play connected a positive, Ten Hag was backed successful nan transportation marketplace complete nan summer, pinch Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte each added to nan squad.

But performances since person been good beneath par.

United person scored 5 times successful their opening six games - only successful 2007-08 person they scored less astatine this shape of nan season.

They person besides mislaid consecutive Premier League matches without scoring astatine Old Trafford for nan first clip since November 2021, successful what were Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's past 2 location fixtures successful complaint earlier he was sacked.

"If you suffer your faith, you suffer everything," Ten Hag said. "We person to support going and instrumentality to nan plan.

"For a agelong period, we are successful modulation astatine Manchester United. From nan infinitesimal I came in, we knew we had to change. We had to switch immoderate older players.

"Our prime was to bring young players successful and that takes clip to get nan messages connected board, to get a crippled exemplary connected committee and to present a caller culture. That takes time."