Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag hits back at Jamie Carragher over brutal analysis

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has accused Jamie Carragher of lacking objectivity in his analysis of the team's 2-1 defeat to Fulham.

Carragher said United "defend like a team I've never seen before. They like to press high with a deep block" and blamed the United coaching staff for Kobbie Mainoo's positioning at kick-off on Saturday.

The Sky Sports pundit said Mainoo was "not sure if he should be looking after the holding midfielder or watching the No 10. He's caught in between."

Liverpool legend Carragher conducted a joint interview of Ten Hag with Gary Neville for rights holders Sky Sports at the start of last season but Ten Hag claimed the pundit has never been objective in his analysis of United.

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"First of all, some analysts are very objective in their comments," Ten Hag said, "very good advice, some are very subjective. Jamie Carragher from the first moment on has criticised and now he wants to make his point.

"Probably in the first half an hour, yeah, he had a point. Fulham in their midfield set up surprised us a little bit and then we have to find the solutions. After half an hour we found the solutions.

"I was not pleased with the performance with the defending, esepcially on the left side, how we did the pressing because they came out, especially in the first half an hour. Several times on the left side and that can't happen and that has to do with willingness, spirit, passion. That was in the previous weeks very good for this team and therefore, we won football games.

"I know footballers are not robots, sometimes they have bad, days. But it