Losing the FA Cup remaining to rivals Manchester City was not the season finale Manchester United had dreamed of, and supervisor Erik ten Hag said his crew was broken after their 2-1 defeat on Saturday.
The first ever FA Cup remaining between the two Manchester teams ended with the trophy heading to the blue side of city.
“We are broken, disappointed of course,” Ten Hag said. “So it’s tough. But I am proud of my team.”
United captured the Carabao Cup in late-February and at one degree had been flirting with the Premier League lead, leading to talks of a attainable house treble in a unbelievable debut season for Ten Hag.
While United accomplished third inside the Premier League, their supervisor summed up the season as profitable.
“We had a fantastic season,” Ten Hag said. “More than we could have imagined at the start. We finished third, qualified for the Champions League and we won a trophy and made another final. I am very happy with my team.”
United might need killed off City’s hopes of turning into solely the second English crew to complete the treble of lifting the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies within the an identical season.
Instead, Saturday’s finish end result implies that City are literally one win away from emulating United’s 1999 feat that was achieved beneath Alex Ferguson’s watch.
Ten Hag was not glad on Saturday with the two “soft” targets conceded to Ilkay Gundogan, who netted every with left-footed volleys, along with the first one merely 12 seconds after kick off.
“But we fought ourselves (into) the game,” the Dutch supervisor said. “There was a great spirit. We were really hard to beat and I think also in the end we could have made the equaliser.”
Bruno Fernandes scored United’s lone goal from the penalty spot. After Gundogan put City once more on prime, United pressed for the equaliser inside the dying minutes, along with a goal-mouth scramble in injury time.
“We wanted to end the season in a different way, it wasn’t possible but we are aware that we have made the right steps for the future this season,” Fernandes said.
“Obviously we started the game in a really bad way. But we came back into the game. I think in the first half we had really good spells on the ball. After we had our goal, we had some more counters and chances where we could have scored,” he added.
“In the second half again, we conceded an early goal, another amazing goal by Gundo. After we had still some chances where could have scored but we didn’t and City deserved to win.”
With the season behind them, Ten Hag was requested about what comes subsequent.
“I only have one plan and that is to improve this club.”
