Christian Eriksen names Manchester United unsung hero under Erik ten Hag

Christian Eriksen believes fellow midfielder Scott McTominay deserves huge credit for his role in Manchester United's resurgent run of form in the Premier League.

United lost their first two matches of the campaign in humiliating fashion but bounced back with a string of four successive wins in the league, including home victories over Liverpool and Arsenal.

Eriksen and McTominay started in midfield for each of those four wins, and it was telling that their overall performance dropped when the partnership was broken up against Real Sociedad on Thursday night.

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Ten Hag will be hoping the duo can inspire United to another win the next time they start a match together — their clash with Crystal Palace this weekend was postponed after the Queen's death — and Eriksen believes McTominay deserves much of the praise for his work in midfield.

“Scott has done very well and I think you can see that from the games,“ he told official club media. “I think in the first few ones we were looking for each other a bit and seeing where we are, but now I think we are starting to get a good connection and a good feeling of where you should be, and also because of the instructions of the manager as he has the positions he would like us to be in.

“So first of all we need to focus on our partnership and, at the same time, we need to focus on where the manager wants us to be. I think it’s gone well, but also when you win games it’s just easier to look back and the confidence builds up and you forget the small mistakes you make and remember the good things.

“There are a lot of things we can improve, but it’s a good road we’re on.”

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