‘I have no doubt’ – Ten Hag believes Manchester United applied the right spirit despite Arsenal loss

The mentality of Manchester United’s team has come under question this season, although Erik ten Hag still believes he can motivate his players despite falling to a 14^th defeat in the Premier League this season.

Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard scored Arsenal’s opener in the first half and it proved to be enough to clinch three points as they look to push Man City for the Premier League title.

It was Trossard’s 17^th goal of the season – against a side that lost 4-0 to Crystal Palace on Monday night.

Despite the defeat, Ten Hag believes that United’s fans are behind the team and that is side applied the right spirit.

He said (via TNT Sports): “I have no doubt about this [that he can motivate his players] because as I say, maybe at Palace, but I think they are human beings.

“From my experience, that will always happen once in three months, you do not have the right attitude.

“On Monday, we had such a night, but mostly this team always has the right spirit, and they always execute the rules and the principles of the game and how we want them to play. 

“I can only be happy, I think the ones who played executed with all that they could, they were competitive and they were fighting and then you can see the result.” 

Ten Hag is trying to keep peace within the squad ahead of the FA Cup final. What good would hammering his players do now when we must accept that we are without too many key players due to injury. That is the reason we are struggling to challenge in games like today.

The injury crisis has ripped through Ten Hag’s squad, with midfielder Casemiro deployed at centre-back again against the Gunners.