Erik ten Hag demands Champions League return after Manchester United crash out

“This is the level we want to play, the Champions League, so we have to give every effort to get into the top four so next year we are back in the Champions League” said the Dutchman.

Erik ten Hag’s side suffered another costly defeat.

Erik ten Hag told his Manchester United players to make sure they get straight back into the Champions League next season after a dismal European campaign ended in an early exit at the hands of Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.

Kingsley Coman’s 70th-minute goal, laid on by Harry Kane, gave the Germans a 1-0 win and ensured United finished bottom of Group A – beaten to second place by FC Copenhagen, operating on a fraction of their budget, and to third and the consolation of Europa League football by Galatasaray.