Scott McTominay defends Erik ten Hag and says Man Utd must ‘fight like dogs’
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Scott McTominay has given Erik ten Hag his backing and called on his Manchester United team-mates to "fight like dogs".
Boss Ten Hag is facing increasing pressure after the Red Devils' worst start to a season in 61 years. Cliques have formed in the dressing room and the Dutchman is facing a battle to keep a grip on the squad, with some players supposedly unhappy with his strict approach.
Positive results in this weekend's visit to Fulham and next week's Champions League trip to Copenhagen are a necessity – and McTominay has insisted that's what they're fighting for. He told MUTV: "I can assure the fans that’s probably the most important thing in the players’ heads.
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"We want to do it for the people who travel home and away and watch every single game and support us. Forget about all the people who don’t care about us and write stupid things in the media and try to divide us and all the other things.
"That’s not important to us at the moment. Everyone has to come together and, when the next game comes, we have to fight like dogs, that’s the way it’s got to be."
United have dismissed reports they're exploring potential replacements for Ten Hag, who has been criticised for his side's lack of identity this season after such a positive first campaign in charge.
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McTominay believes he's "100%" the right man to turn the tide, adding: "I feel like we’ve got more than enough talent in the changing room to do that and whenever you look at the boys who are playing, but obviously something isn’t quite clicking.
"That’s up to the manager and the players to fix that and I’m 100% confident that we will. Of course, there’s more that goes into it when you’re not playing well and you’re not doing so well.
"I know the fans don’t want to hear that, they want to see results and performances and I think they want to see the players smiling and happy.
"It’s not quite happening at the moment, but I’m 100% sure that the manager can put that into practice and it can come off. I’m sure of that."
CEO Richard Arnold is reluctant to sack Ten Hag, but it's do or die in the upcoming fixtures which look much kinder on paper than the recent run.
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