Former Arsenal Captain Cesc Fabregas has compared Erik ten Hag’s managerial acumen with those of former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted that under Solskjaer Manchester United had a plan
The Red Devils had a poor first half of the season with Ten Hag’s side finishing bottom of their Champions’ League group and struggling to find consistency in the Premier League.
But they have turned a corner in terms of results in the new year with Man Utd winning seven of their last nine matches in all competitions.
Man Utd are through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and in contention for Champions League qualification via the league – but they need to make up eight points on fourth-placed Aston Villa.
Speaking to the Planet Premier League podcast, Fabregas said: “I have to say, with Ole, there were some good big games. He used to have a structure, they had a plan. At least you saw a plan which was to defend well and have great breaks and counter-attacks.
“This is exactly what Man United don’t have at the moment, it’s not good to analyse only one game, but I have the perception Man City are still very strong but with Man United, I don’t have the perception that they are a solid team at the moment.
“Looking carefully at the counters that Fulham did to them and the way they were done, this makes the alarm bells go. It cannot happen that a top, top team gets done on counters so many times in one half or over 60 minutes.
“This shows they are lacking something, I don’t know if it’s a gameplan, I don’t know if it’s structure, I don’t know if it’s a message, but definitely if this happened to my team there would be a lot of alarm bells.”
Fabregas comments come ahead of the Manchester derby which Manchester city won 3-1
Fabregas Questions ten Hag’s Managerial Ability At Manchester United
