Man United must beat Copenhagen to avoid UCL exit – Ten Hag

Manchester United have to beat FC Copenhagen if they need to qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds, in accordance to supervisor Erik ten Hag.

United sit backside of Group A after shedding their first two video games in opposition to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray.

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FC Copenhagen, champions of Denmark, go to Old Trafford on Tuesday and Ten Hag has mentioned his staff must win.

“If you lose the first two games, you have to win,” Ten Hag informed a information convention on Monday.

Ten Hag is anticipating an emotional ambiance at Old Trafford in United’s first residence sport for the reason that announcement of Sir Bobby Charlton’s loss of life, aged 86, on Saturday.

“It is always special, every night at Old Trafford, the fans are always so behind us,” Ten Hag added. “Remember the last home game against Brentford, even when the game is not going in our direction, they stayed behind us in difficult moments.

“In moments of adversity the followers are nonetheless with us and combating. Definitely tomorrow, the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton — their hero, the legend — it will likely be extra emotional.

“He is in front of Old Trafford with Denis Law and George Best. He is always with us and they are always a huge inspiration for us every day in every game.”

After shedding six of their first 10 video games of the season, United have gained back-to-back matches with slender victories over Brentford and Sheffield United.

Ten Hag’s staff are trying to win three video games in a row for the primary time since May and full-again Diogo Dalot is hopeful their mini revival generally is a springboard to assist flip their marketing campaign round.

“Every game for us is an opportunity to show we want to build confidence, build momentum,” mentioned Dalot, who scored the winner in opposition to Sheffield United on Saturday.

“When you win games it’s easier to get that confidence and we’ve shown in these games when you don’t play the way you’d like to play you have to find a way to win. We’ve shown that quality, we have fantastic players who can show up and turn up and win games. We have to use these wins to build confidence and momentum.”