Erik ten Hag has expressed frustration with his players after Manchester United were dumped out of the Europa League by Sevilla on Thursday night.
On a night where plenty of rotation players had a chance to prove themselves in a finely poised European contest in Seville, Manchester United completely capitulated, falling to a 3-0 defeat against Sevilla and crashing out of the Europa League at the hands of a 5-2 aggregate score.
Ten Hag expressed his frustrations after full-time of what was one of the worst performances of his tenure.
“It’s clear, when you make such mistakes it’s very difficult to win a football game,” Ten Hag conceded to BT Sport.
“Tonight we weren’t ready for the game and that cannot be.
“This is a great occasion and opportunity to win something and we gave it away. We have to blame ourselves.
“It’s a problem, we can’t run away from it. On Sunday we have to step up and show more character and more personality.”
Injuries to Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez meant United had to revert to the previous centre-back pairing of Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof.
Both of them have struggled for regular minutes under the Dutchman.
Bruno Fernandes was also absent due to suspension, resulting in United completely unravelling.
A calamitous error involving Maguire and David de Gea gifted Sevilla an early lead in a half they dominated.
Afterwards, more errors followed in a timid display making the home team cruise to a three-goal lead in the second half.
It is a game that saw United’s number one looking well off the pace in the same week he was reportedly offered a new contract.