Erik ten Hag had to contend with a depleted defence again but Man United are on the verge of signing two defenders.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag conceded the squad have more "problems" in defence amid the imminent signings of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.
Ten Hag only had four senior defenders available against City and did not name left back Harry Amass on the bench at Wembley, where winger Facundo Pellistri was sent on to play at right back.READ MORE: United player ratings vs City "It’s clear we have the problems and we have to work. The players have to work to be available and the staff have to work. Together it should be a good collaboration with the players who are available."
"Not so much, but the approach from every player is individual, but also to see which players were available and had a full pre-season," Ten Hag explained. "Like Amad and Rashford. Both had a full pre-season, were available. "To bring Alejandro, always a very good sub, also that is in your back , so there were more reasons not to start with him but he did very well. He came in and the plan went as we thought it should go. It’s only disappointing we couldn’t bring it over the line."
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