Sports Man United wrap up worst ever Premier League set play
Assessing Man United’s worst-ever Premier League set (2:24)
The ESPN FC Stay team grade a Premier League season to overlook for Manchester United, who set manner outdoors a Champions League place aside in eighth. (2:24)
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 19, 2024, 12:59 PM ET
Manchester United’s glum season ended with confirmation of their worst Premier League set, despite a 2-0 closing-day pick up against Brighton on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag’s team completed eighth within the standings. United’s previous worst set within the Premier League era turned into seventh beneath David Moyes in 2013-14.
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Their 14 league defeats in a single season is their perfect since recording 16 in every single place in the 1989-90 advertising campaign beneath Sir Alex Ferguson.
“It is no longer beautiful adequate by far. Eighth is the worst efficiency. It is the truth, but we’re going to need to personal completed better,” Ten Hag said after the game. “Confidently we can personal an attractive week and each person is on board. We are able to place aside a competitive team out and we can wrestle for the [FA] Cup,”
No matter the victory at Brighton, which got here courtesy of targets from Diogo Dalot and Rasmus Højlund, United also completed with a detrimental aim distinction (minus-1) for the essential time in 34 years.
Or no longer it’s the culmination of a disastrous 2nd season beneath Ten Hag, who saw his team set bottom of their Champions League team in December.
United can serene salvage one thing when they face rivals Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup closing at Wembley on Saturday.
After finishing eighth within the Premier League, they might be able to serene articulate themselves a neighborhood within the Europa League subsequent season with a victory within the cup closing.