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'Both have to take responsibility!' - Dwight Yorke highlights who else is to blame alongside Erik ten Hag at Manchester United
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Both Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and his players must take responsibility for the club's rough run of form, according to former forward Dwight Yorke.
The Red Devils slumped to a miserable 3-0 loss at Old Trafford against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, with captain Bruno Fernandes sent off in the first half.
It is the latest lacklustre result for the club this term, who kept faith with Ten Hag after he finished a tough 2023-24 campaign on a high with FA Cup success.
But Yorke, a member of United's 1999 treble-winning team, believes both the Dutchman and his star figures need to front up, with each to blame for their current woes.
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"Both have to take responsibility," Yorke told Prime Casino. "The manager sets his stall out and tells the players what he’s expecting. All that has been briefed at the team talk.
"Now, when you deliver that team talk, the ideas and what the club is about, and how to win the match, the players have to engage and buy into what he’s saying.
"Ten Hag has to transfer that energy so that the players can go out and express themselves in the way the manager has described.
"Both players and manager are responsible for that. The manager can only put across a certain amount of ideas, and then it’s down to the players. That’s how it works."
United return to action this week with two games, facing Porto in the UEFA Europa League before a clash with Aston Villa in the Premier League.
Ten Hag reportedly must deliver in both games to save his job, though the jury is out on whether parting ways with the former Ajax boss is the right decision.
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