What Erik ten Hag is doing in Manchester United training ahead of Premier League fixture vs Man City
Tobias Schweinsteiger was captain of Bayern Munich II when Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was in charge. That period also coincided with Manchester City's Pep Guardiola being in charge of the Bundesliga giants' first team, which means he can offer unique insight into both managers ahead of the first Manchester derby between the pair on Sunday afternoon.
Schweinsteiger is the older brother of former United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and he now manages Osnabruck in the German third division, but he has found time ahead of this weekend to discuss the tactical merits of Ten Hag and Guardiola. ALSO READ: Van de Beek's former agent has ruthlessly exposed training ground culture The German praised Ten Hag for his tactical changes over the last few weeks, while he also predicted that he would be working on counter-attacks and transitions in training ahead of the Reds' visit to the Etihad, with Marcus Rashford set for a key role.
Rashford has contributed three goals and two assists this season and he has form for scoring against Man City. "I think the coaches are both quite the same," Schweinsteiger told United's in-house media. "They're both really good at the tactical aspect, have really good impact on the team and are very good at details and analysing other teams and finding solutions. "It'll be interesting who plays more football and I was very positive about United's match against Liverpool.
They didn't play the goal-kicks short, they played long balls and went for the second balls. "Against one of the best pressing teams, for me, this was a good coaching plan from Erik.