One thing Erik ten Hag cannot be accused of is failure to back his Manchester United players. While the recently departed Jadon Sancho may feel hard done by, Ten Hag has more often than not come out to bat in press conferences for his players.
The most recent example of this came in midweek when the United boss was presented with Alan Shearer's analysis of Marcus Rashford.
The Newcastle United legend took presenter Gary Lineker to task when he mentioned that at least Rashford was making the runs after being caught offside too often and putting in a below-par performance.
Shearer fired back: "Yeah, but he's not a youngster any more. READ MORE: Ten Hag criticises Shearer for Rashford criticism READ MORE: United player ratings vs Liverpool "He has to understand the position and look across the pitch when you can see the whole of it, you shouldn't be offside then." Ten Hag failed to see the merit of this criticism, responding: "Everyone gets criticism from you guys, it doesn’t matter what we are doing, if we are winning, if we are losing. "If I take a player off, the conclusion is I was not happy with him.