Manchester United need to defend BETTER, insists Erik ten Hag… as the Red Devils boss urges his side to stop collapsing ‘like a pack of cards’

Erik ten Hag admits Manchester United need to defend better and stop collapsing like ‘a pack of cards’.

United’s 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich in midweek means that Ten Hag’s side have shipped 14 goals in their last five games.

There was criticism of the effort put in by some players tracking back at the Allianz Arena, with Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay among those singled out.

Stuart Pearce commented on talkSPORT that Rashford was running like he ‘had a fridge on his back’ while fans on social media highlighted how McTominay was outpaced by the referee.

Ten Hag insisted United must defend better as a team, saying: ‘It’s about 11 players who do their job. I said many times here in this place, I always tell my players we attack with 11 and defend with 11.

After their 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich, United have shipped 14 goals in their last five games

‘When one or two are not doing their job, it’s like a pack of cards, so that is not only one or two players.’

Andre Onana took responsibility for the defeat in Munich after he spilled Leroy Sane’s shot for Bayern’s crucial first goal.

But Ten Hag added: ‘It’s about team and as a team, we don’t have the results in this moment. So also individuals don’t bring the performance and you expect not only one player, you include the manager.’

Andre Onana took responsibility for the Bayern loss but Ten Hag said the team must do better