“very good” say Erik Ten Hag

Man Utd boss Erik Ten Hag insisted his side were “very good” and that he had no regrets over their Champions League campaign despite exiting the tournament with a whimper against Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

“Bayern always, even when they are not in the game, have enough individual class to produce one moment – and that’s what happened.

“We know we want to be more consistent. Me as a manager, I have to improve the team, help the team progress, guide them, and the players have to take responsibility. We have to do that together.

“The players gave everything, we saw the spirit. I have to pay a big compliment for the way they worked together as a team against a good Bayern side.

“You need energy when the game is going, and especially in forward positions the options [on the bench] were limited.

“I don’t look with regret [at the campaign]. We want to be in the Champions League, the target was always to qualify for the knock-outs, but we have to learn from it, and accept we played some good football.

“Rasmus Hojlund scored five times, we had some very good performances, and we have to take that into the Premier League.

“We want to be back in the Champions League again and so we have to qualify again.”