‘Take revenge’ - Erik ten Hag sends clear message to Man United players ahead of Nottm Forest clash

Erik ten Hag has called on his players to “take revenge” against Nottingham Forest following last weekend’s loss to Tottenham, demanding his Manchester United squad to “do your job”.

The Reds sank to a disappointing 2-0 defeat away at Spurs and both fans and manager are keen to see the team respond to a slow start, having edged past a wasteful Wolves 1-0 in their opening fixture.

United return to Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon to try and kick start their season against a Forest side who beat Sheffield United last time out. The hosts inflicted four defeats on the City Ground outfit last season after defeating them across both legs of the League Cup semi-final.

Ten Hag is looking to record a fifth win over Forest in his United tenure and has called on his players to step up amid their sluggish start. When asked by club media whether he was looking for improvement from the defeat to Tottenham, the boss responded : “Definitely.”

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He added: “It’s a matter of do your job and as a team making sure everyone is doing their job. So the togetherness is where we dropped in level in the second half of the games (vs Tottenham).

“That has to come back, that is our standard and one of our highest values. We have to do it all the time. Everyone has to do it because otherwise in the Premier League, you can’t win games even if you dominate the first 35 minutes.”

Ten Hag continued: “We have to bounce back. We want to take revenge for last week. It was not good enough, we know that but we also know that we can do it, we showed it in the first 35 minutes of the game.”

United are facing a headache at left-back with both Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia sidelined with