Erik ten Hag 'quite satisfied' after Manchester United's hard-fought Melbourne victory

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admitted that he was concerned with his side’s vulnerability after they came from behind to beat Melbourne Victory 4-1 in front of 74,157 at the MCG. Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and an own goal saw United score four for the second time in three days after Tuesday’s 4-0 win over Liverpool in Bangkok.

United, playing a high defensive line, were hit on the counter attack after four minutes with Ten Hag saying: “I don’t want to talk about the individual because the move was from the start high up the pitch. We made the wrong choices and then it ends up like a pack of cards. It's not one individual, it is more the team who made mistakes.”

The Dutchman was otherwise satisfied, saying: “It was our second game with a totally different approach from the opponent. They stood really back, really compact and we had to create by ourselves and from the left side it was not that easy. From the right side I was quite satisfied and we create a lot off the right side, four or five really good chances. We turned around the game, that was the really good thing. We don't come down, we react and we deal with the setback.”

Ten Hag was also happy with his side’s tactics.

“I'm very happy with that, I'm sure when we come to the season we have even more and have to improve in certain cases,” he said.

MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: Tom Heaton - 6. Conceded a tap in after four minutes in Victory’s first game of the season, though hardly his fault. The only United player who stayed on the pitch for the second half as he played for 90 minutes. Firm with high balls. Getty

“We have to get a threat on both sides and I said last week our left side was really good and now the right side. Now I