Frustrated Man Utd boss names key thing squad must improve

Frustrated Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag has named the key area that his side have to improve in if they are to turn around their season.

Manchester United suffered a 14th defeat of the season, as they were beaten at the City Ground. The Red Devils went to the City Ground on the back of that comeback win over Aston Villa on Boxing Day, but couldn’t build on that victory, and were instead soundly beaten by a Forest side who claimed just their third home win of the season.

Ten Hag said: "One thing is clear we are not consistent. We can beat the best teams in the league, but we also lose games we should win, and I think [today] was one of them.

“We always have to swap. I don’t think I talk a lot about players we don’t have. Every time I am telling it doesn’t matter who we line up, we have to win. But the routines are not there if every time we have to swap.

“Today is another example. When [Rasmus] Hojlund is ill, we have to swap our frontline and we have seen it in the first half there was no speed in the game there.”