Dion Fanning: Erik ten Hag has benefitted from low expectations at Man Utd, but they won’t be as low again

Manchester United believe Ten Hag is taking the club to where they aspire to be. That is another challenge to wrestle with. He won’t benefit from low expectations again.

GOOD START, WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT STEP? Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag. Pic: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire.

BEFORE Manchester United played Manchester City in March 2014, the then-United manager, David Moyes, delivered what he would undoubtedly have considered a rallying cry.

“We will be doing everything we possibly can tonight to avenge the disappointing result we had at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season,” Moyes said, demonstrating once again that if nobody used downbeat words in his presence, he would use them himself.