Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag breaks silence on Jadon Sancho and Antony absences

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag refused to refer to Jadon Sancho by name and stressed he inherited a "no good culture" at the club.

Sancho has been banished by Ten Hag after accusing him of lying in a Twitter post over his decision to drop him from the squad for the 3-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal.

The 23-year-old will not be considered for selection until United conclude Sancho's disciplinary matter and Sancho is training separately from the first team.

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The first three questions of Ten Hag's pre-match press conference for the visit of Brighton centred on Sancho but he overlooked the winger's exile.

"We close the game," Ten Hag said, referring to the Arsenal match. "We work on the feedback, give the team feedback, I think we played very well at Arsenal, you could already see before the game we trained very well, we played very well, I think we deserved much more at Arsenal but it was not on our side, that was the outcome of our analysis.

"But you see we are progressing against a good Arsenal but minimum we had to get a draw there and I think we should have won there.

"We didn't but we take the performance, in the last two days the players came back, they trained very well and we are ready to fight Brighton with a lot of energy.

"I think everything is said [about Sancho]. As I said, the squad is strong, good spirit, good mood going into the game.

"They (the players) are very good because you have sometimes setbacks in seasons, players are injured, other reasons, they are not available, therefore you construct a squad. The squad is very good and the players are motivated to give a