Defiant Ten Hag insists Man Utd still going in right direction despite Fulham setback

The Cottagers earned a late, dramatic win on Saturday. 

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag after the defeat on Saturday.  Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

ERIK ten Hag boldly insisted Manchester United remain “in the right direction” but there was enough evidence in this, a 10th Premier League defeat of the season, to suggest that Jim Ratcliffe’s prediction that he will need three years to turn around the club’s fortunes are wildly optimistic.

There were alarm bells all over the field throughout what was just Fulham’s second Old Trafford win in 61 years and, while the absence of key injured stars Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw was obviously to be taken into consideration, ten Hag knows he has some pressing issues that need to be dealt with long before the passing of that unofficial three-year milestone.