Erik ten Hag vows to turn things around at Manchester United after their second 3-0 home defeat in a week as he accepts responsibility for their poor form and Carabao Cup exit

Erik 10 Hag accepted nan blasted connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic different humiliating conclusion formed uncertainty complete his early arsenic Manchester United manager, but insisted: ‘I’m a fighter.’

United mislaid 3-0 astatine Old Trafford for nan 2nd clip successful 4 days and relinquished their clasp connected nan Carabao Cup against a makeshift Newcastle side.

In nan abstraction of 90 minutes, Ten Hag went from 8-1 for nan sack to 2nd favourite to beryllium axed among Premier League managers arsenic he mislaid for nan eighth clip successful 15 games this season.

‘It is beneath nan standards everyone expect from Manchester United – it is not bully capable by far,’ admitted nan United boss.

‘At this infinitesimal we are successful a bad place. I return work for it. I spot it arsenic a challenge. I americium a combatant and I americium successful that conflict and I person to make judge that I stock nan work pinch my players and that we instrumentality together and conflict together, and get amended results.

‘We person to put it right. It is my squad and they are not performing. I americium responsible. As a squad we are not bully capable and immoderate nan reasons are, location is nary abstraction for excuses.

‘We person to do things amended and we person to raise our standards because different you ne'er get nan correct levels of capacity and ne'er get nan results.

‘But I americium a fighter. I cognize it is not ever going up and we person a batch of setbacks this play truthful far, but besides you person to woody pinch it and that is ne'er an excuse.’

Asked if he doubts his expertise to move United’s fortunes around, Ten Hag replied: ‘I understand it erstwhile nan results are not location it is besides a logical process that they are questioning that. But I americium assured I tin do it. At each my clubs I person done it and besides past twelvemonth present I did it arsenic well.’

Wednesday night’s humiliation followed different 3-0 conclusion to Manchester City astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday and location were again boos astatine nan last whistle.

‘We person to do things correct and astatine a definite level, astatine nan minimum level to triumph games,’ said Ten Hag. ‘Obviously, connected Sunday and coming were acold from that.

‘We are Manchester United and it is expected you tin woody pinch that pressure. I heard nan fans backing us. We don’t merit it astatine this infinitesimal but I americium happy they are down us.’

Newcastle were capable to observe only their 2nd triumph astatine Old Trafford successful 51 years aft avenging a conclusion to United successful nan last of this title astatine Wembley successful February.

‘It was a monolithic capacity from nan players I can’t in installments them enough,’ said head Eddie Howe.

‘I personally person ever recovered it a difficult ground, and Newcastle nan same, truthful different point to beryllium really proud of is nan committedness showed by everyone. I thought we scored immoderate awesome goals, nan value was a existent highlight.

‘The connection astatine half-time was to beryllium affirmative and brave and proceed to do nan things that brought america success. I person seen galore games present wherever nan crowd triumph them nan game.’