Takeover questions and Wout Weghorst's wink - The Man United dressing room mood after City defeat

Erik ten Hag admitted his side were 'broken' after their FA Cup final defeat. The one crumb of comfort is that he has proven he can be the man to fix them again after a gruelling debut season came to an end.

The Manchester United manager stood on the pitch and fixed a glare at the royal box late on Saturday afternoon as he watched Man City hoist the silver trophy up into the air.

He made a point of demanding the same respect from his players and staff, asking them to bottle that moment of pain and use it as motivation to make sure they never had to experience it again.

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Ten Hag has asked for accountability throughout his first year at the club, and this was no different as he demanded his players face reality head-on and accept that the better team won on the day.

"Show respect, always," Ten Hag said in his post-match press conference. "But of course, it’s a motivation. You have to feel it in your stomach. It hurts. It has to be fuel. Our team, my players, deserved it, but you have to grab it and that is the next step we have to make."

It is also perhaps a timely reminder that United's season was still a relative success. The main ambition was to qualify for the Champions League and win a trophy if possible. They had effectively done both by March and only fell flat compared with the increased expectations they warranted as a result.

United want to move on quickly from the disappointing grand finale of their campaign, and that was evident from the mood inside Wembley in the hour after the full-time whistle.

As the first dozen reporters made their way into the Wembley mixed zone, hoping to get the thoughts of a United player, the first club figure they saw was Avram