Erik Ten Hag has blasted his Manchester United gamers for refusing to 'run' towards Tottenham and held clear-the-air talks along with his squad, after labelling their efforts 'unacceptable' following their 2-0 defeat final Saturday. The Dutchman ripped into his flops after a below-par show on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium adopted a lacklustre efficiency towards Wolves solely 5 days earlier, and Ten Hag has reminded his stars of what he expects from them.

The Red Devils had been outfought by Ange Postecoglou's Spurs because the hosts recorded their first win underneath the Australian due to Pape Matar Sarr's strike and an personal objective from Lisandro Martinez to compound United's distress.

Ten Hag drew criticism for fielding a midfield trio of Casemiro, Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes, with ideas they had been outrun by the energetic trifecta of Sarr, Yves Bissouma and James Maddison.

However, the United head coach responded to criticism about his selections by turning on his gamers, accusing them of 'not working' on the proper occasions within the sport. And the 53-year-old demanded an enormous enchancment of their conflict towards Nottingham Forest on Saturday after claiming each performances weren't on the stage he expects.

"It is not about the midfield, it is about the back and the front," he mentioned. "That is why we were open. They didn’t run. They ran in the wrong moments, too late – especially the front. They didn’t recover. It’s a demand here - if you want to win games.

"For the primary 35 minutes, we had been so good at Tottenham. We dominated completely. We ought to’ve scored minimal as soon as, I feel twice. They had been nowhere, nothing. And then issues occurred within the sport and the gamers obtained distracted, not doing their jobs anymore."

Ten Hag went on to reveal that he laid down the law to his players by blasting their efforts and told his players to be 'accountable' for their performances after a disappointing result in north London.

"I’m not used to it from this workforce as a result of they all the time do it," he added. "It’s what the followers can anticipate and what we demand. The demand at United is you do it for 90 minutes each sport it doesn't matter what.

"I have told them that it isn’t acceptable. We have to work together as a team wand everybody individually has to take responsibility. We need accountable players.

"The first two video games weren’t adequate. If we do the appropriate issues, we've got an excellent workforce. If everyone seems to be doing their job we’ll win video games."

Ten Hag will no less than have Rasmus Hojlund out there to make his highly-anticipated debut after the £72m striker arrived injured. But accidents to Mount and Luke Shaw will little doubt solely add to his considerations, with Christian Eriksen and Diogo Dalot deputising for the England pair.