Manchester United will be hoping to return to winning ways when they host Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford in their second home match of the new Premier League season.
Erik ten Hag’s side were fortunate to beat Wolves on the first day of the season and underperformed when they were defeated by Tottenham a week ago.
United have won their last ten games with Forest by an aggregate score of 36-3. Last season, they won all four meetings without surrendering a single goal. Steve Cooper’s team has won just one of their 20 away Premier League games, with 14 defeats, the most of any current top-flight team in that time.
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Ten Hag gives injury update on Raphael Varane
Erik ten Hag didn’t want to take any risks with Raphael Varane after the centre-back complained of an injury during the win against Nottingham Forest.
He had complaints, we didn’t want to risk him, we have Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, who could replace him, so we don’t take a risk, said Ten Hag.
He had complaints and if it’s really bad I don’t know, we have to wait.
Ten Hag’s verdict on win
The United manager has spoken to Match of the Day.
Horror start, but the character of the team was brilliant, he said. We stayed so calm and so composed. We stuck to our belief, stuck to our plan, played some good football and scored three good goals. It was a great comeback.
With all respect to Forest, we can’t allow them those goals. They were easy give-aways. It’s crazy, but sometimes games go like this. As I said, we stayed calm.
It’s a marker, absolutely. We’ve seen this team can bounce back. If you have such a start, you need to get over it. It’s not easy, but compliments to the team.
We have the personality. In certain moments we can definitely improve, but in general this team has the character to bounce back all the time.
