Ten Hag was "satisfied" after getting off to a perfect start as Manchester United manager
Erik Ten Hag said he was "satisfied" Tuesday in the wake of getting off to an ideal start as Manchester United manager, yet insisted he wouldn't overdo it after a 4-0 pounding of chief rivals Liverpool in a preseason well disposed in Thailand.
United started strongly against a new Liverpool line-up, cruising to a 3-0 halftime lead through goals from Jadon Sancho, Fred and Anthony Martial at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium, despite being without the unsettled Cristiano Ronaldo who missed the excursion for family reasons.
The two managers made wholesale substitutions all through the hour and a half and Jurgen Klopp's stronger second-half Liverpool line-up overwhelmed possession before Facundo Pellistri snatched United's fourth on the break, 14 minutes from time.
It gave Ten Hag and his new side a spirit boosting win in their first warm-up exposing in front of the new Premier League crusade starting one month from now.
"I'm satisfied today," said Dutchman Ten Hag, who assumed control at Old Trafford less than two months prior.
"It was a group with an incredible spirit and we realize we are just getting everything rolling.
"We committed some errors in the press, we yielded some chances, however we made a ton."
Liverpool were unfortunate not to get on the scoresheet, stirring things up around town three times after Sancho opened the scoring in the twelfth moment, the England winger slotting home to profit by a sloppy freedom from Isaac Mabaya.
Fred's instinctive, measured chip over the unsighted Liverpool goalkeeper Allison Becker and a horde of defenders broadened the lead in the 30th moment.
What's more, it required just an additional three minutes for man-of-the-coordinate Martial to make it 3-0 with a fine finish over Allison, after another Liverpool defensive mistake had permitted the striker an unmistakable run at goal.
- 'A piece right on time for us' -
"The game came up a piece right on time for us. Be that as it may, I saw some beneficial things," said Klopp. "That is just the start of the pre-season.
"It is each of the an educational experience and we are toward its start."
More substitutions after halftime saw Liverpool acquire on experience and pizazz the shape of Virgil van Dijk at the back and Mohamed Salah front and center.
Enormous cash signing Darwin Nunez, purchased for almost 100 million euros from Benfica, played the last 30 minutes, the Uruguayan verging for opening him for Liverpool in the 70th moment.
Four minutes from time the energetic Salah twisted a brand name left-footed shot goalbound, just to see it cannon off the post with Nunez blasting the bounce back over the bar when it seemed easier to score.
By then Pellistri had slotted home the fourth after a streaming counter-assault.
"We need to make a solid effort to remove the mistakes obviously we are blissful," said Ten Hag.
"I realize we have great players. We have started to fabricate a group and I am content with the first game," he added.
"It will require a ton of investment. I have seen a ton of mistakes. Liverpool played three teams, they were not at their strongest. We won't overestimate this result."
United have come in for criticism from fans for their absence of action in the transfer market.
Be that as it may, their dependable got a glimpse of the club's solitary signing of the summer so far, Tyrell Malacia, after halftime.
"I'm exceptionally blissful. It feels astonishing to be here and to wear this shirt," said the left-back who was signed from Feyenoord last week.
"It was troublesome. It was exceptionally hard, yet we made it."
Manchester will presently make a beeline for Australia for more preseason matches, while Liverpool will confront Crystal Palace in Singapore on Friday.
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