Manchester United: The alarming stats for Erik ten Hag after 3-0 defeat to Tottenham | Soccer Information

It was a depressing Sunday for Erik ten Hag, as he stood within the rain watching his Man Utd aspect being thrashed by Tottenham. Gary Neville labelled it one of many worst performances underneath the Dutchman’s reign. And the stats present why the stress is piling on him…

‘Lads, it is Man Utd’

Tottenham have been as soon as the workforce dismissed as flaky, straightforward to roll over and missing character. However Sir Alex Ferguson’s well-known pre-match dismissal of the Londoners earlier than a recreation at White Hart Lane could be extra suitably addressed to the house aspect at Outdated Trafford as of late.

Even earlier than Bruno Fernandes’ purple card, Tottenham have been sweeping by means of United’s defences, with Micky van de Ven’s early run previous 5 purple shirts earlier than crossing to the unmarked Brennan Johnson an ideal demonstration of the extensive open areas accessible to the guests.

Tottenham have racked up the next Anticipated Objectives whole at Outdated Trafford than Man Utd within the Premier League this season.

The 4.67xG tally Ange Postecoglou’s aspect had is the worst conceded by United for 258 Premier League video games.

The 9 possibilities created by Dejan Kulusevski was probably the most by a visiting participant within the prime flight since Opta began monitoring that metric in 2003/04.

No house comforts

Theatre of Goals? It actually is for opposition groups proper now.

With Man Utd’s defence as leaky because the roof at Outdated Trafford, Ten Hag has presided over eight Premier League defeats at house within the final 20 outings there. They hadn’t misplaced any of the 20 earlier than that.

In case you have a season ticket there, you will have needed to sit by means of consecutive 3-0 horror exhibits, with Spurs strutting their stuff on the again of Liverpool’s demolition job firstly of the month.

(That scoreline, by the best way, has change into a recurring theme – Ten Hag has misplaced 5 house video games 3-0.)

The final time United misplaced consecutive house league video games with out scoring was in 2021 – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s closing two house video games earlier than being sacked.

‘First 5, preserve it tight…’

What is the closing message to those Man Utd gamers earlier than they head out onto the pitch? No matter it’s, it is not working.

There have been simply 155 seconds on the clock when Johnson tucked in Spurs’ opener.

United did not even final that lengthy firstly of the second half. Dejan Kulusevski struck 118 seconds after the break as Ten Hag’s workforce discuss went out the window once more.

It is simply the second time United have conceded twice inside three minutes of each halves in a Premier League. The opposite event was underneath Ten Hag, too – in February 2023 in opposition to Leeds.

Ten Hag additionally noticed his aspect concede after 88 seconds in August 2023 in opposition to Nottingham Forest. Sluggish starters? It is a behavior that should not be dismissed so casually.

‘Do not anticipate objectives’

It isn’t simply out of possession the place Man Utd are in unhealthy form. Their long-standing ending points proceed to restrict any progress Ten Hag would hope to make.

United are the largest underperformers for attacking stats within the Premier League this season, bagging 5 objectives from an Anticipated Objectives whole of 10.6.

There was no massive probability created by the house aspect in opposition to Spurs on Sunday however their conversion figures of 17 out of 19 – 10.53 per cent – continues to rank because the second-worst within the league in that metric. Solely relegation-threatened Southampton (8.33 per cent) have a worse conversion charge of Opta-defined massive possibilities.

Bruno Fernandes’ purpose drought has been well-documented, however new signing Joshua Zirkzee has missed all 4 of his massive possibilities, Alejandro Garnacho has missed 4 out of 5 and there are many different offenders with regards to final-third menace.

5 objectives from their first six video games is United’s second-worst return (2008/09), whereas solely Southampton – who allowed United to attain three – are the one aspect with fewer objectives than Ten Hag’s males, who’ve drawn a clean in a league-high three video games to this point.

Ten Hag’s record-breakers

Not a document in a great way, clearly. Ten Hag logged Man Utd’s worst Premier League ending place with eighth place final season. They’re presently twelfth with simply seven factors, their joint-fewest after six Premier League video games. A brand new low beckons.

Cash nicely spent?

These stats did not come low cost for Man Utd. They’ve shelled out over £600m on signings for Erik ten Hag and the top coach cannot escape the truth that Sunday’s squad was very a lot the workforce he had constructed.

Six of the starters in opposition to Spurs – Andre Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez, Manuel Ugarte and Joshua Zirkzee – have been signed by Ten Hag. Two extra – Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho – have been handed their debuts by him.

With fellow Ten Hag signings Mason Mount, Rasmus Hojlund, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro coming off the bench, 12 of the 16 gamers utilized by United in opposition to Spurs have been both signed by Ten Hag or introduced into the workforce by him.