'Not good enough' - Erik ten Hag blasts Manchester United players after Rosenborg defeat

Erik ten Hag criticised Manchester United's anaemic performance in their 1-0 defeat to Rosenborg in Trondheim.

Rosenborg, the 11th-placed team out of 16 in the Tippeligaen, hit the woodwork four times before Noah Emmanuel Jean Holm scored the only goal in the 93rd minute.

Ten Hag included only five senior members in United's 25-man squad and started Jonny Evans, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Mason Mount, Casemiro and Marcus Rashford before he made ten outfield changes at half-time in United's first pre-season friendly.

Goalkeeper Radek Vitek made some superb saves before he was breached and Ten Hag admitted he was allowed to have opportunities due to the lack of protection.

"The result is not secondary," Ten Hag told the MUTV presenter who said it was. "Of course, we play pre-season but at Man United the standard is you win games and definitely don't lose games.

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"So if you can't win, don't lose the game, like we did in the last second of the game. But of course, the performance is more important and the performance was below standards.

"Let's say he (Vitek) got the opportunity from the team to make some very good saves because the performance from the team is, by far, not good enough.

"We can talk [about] everything that is bad, but I'm not that guy. I have seen and this is not the standard for top football. Top football, you have to achieve much higher standards, starts with any individual, make sure you're fit.

"I know we can't be match-fit in this moment, I know you need these games. The opponent is in the league, they have a much higher fitness level but we are Man United and players from Man United, a team from Man