'If we play our best we can beat anyone'published at 22:31 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2023
FT: Man Utd 3-2 Aston Villa
Manchester United
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag speaking to Amazon Prime: "The atmosphere changed a lot from the first half to the second, but if you look at the first half you are losing because of two set plays, in moments where we were not so focused. I think already in the first half we played quite well, and kept trying and trying.
"At half-time I said to the team, 'keep believing, and keep doing what we did, actually do even more'. We needed to put more and more pressure on. At 1-2 then when we added pressure you see what happened.
On the response from his players in the second half: "I said before the game that we were competitive with Arsenal, competitive with Liverpool so if we play our best we can beat anyone. Believe that, even when you are two-nil down, it doesn't matter. Keep going, show character, and today they did show we have the personality to do it. I think it was a very good team performance."