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The Manchester United manager explains why he wants his squad to "suffer" in order to show their best form on the pitch.

But also dribbles and combinations and runs in behind." "It has to be a way of life and I hope they understand. With the squad back at Carrington today to begin preparation for the early kick-off on Saturday, the boss told us: "What I demand is that players bring the top spirit every day.

Elanga, who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting eleven, looked like a player possessed, constantly pressing Alexander-Arnold.

Elanga, who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting eleven, looked like a player possessed, constantly pressing Alexander-Arnold, who looked out of sorts, and winning the duels. Six minutes later, he turned provider to the Jadon Sancho opener. Now you see we bring the attitude. That United had not scored a goal off their own in nearly 190 minutes—the one against Brighton was an own goal—aptly reflected the toothlessness of their front-line. The full-backs—Tyrell Malacia, who had displaced the lacklustre Luke Shaw, and Diogo Dalot—too were exceptional in curbing the menace of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson. But the performance against Liverpool was as resolute a rearguard they had produced in recent times. A technically gifted centre-back, he contributed to the opening goal too, stealing the ball off Bobby Firmino and belting it upfield, besides his cool tackling and composure in duress. Often, Sancho has looked ponderous—this goal could change it. They lacked ingenuity, physicality and presence of mind. Once Casemiro takes McTominay’s place, Eriksen could be all the more influential a presence. So much so that they were a team unrecognisable from the shambles they were against Brentford last week. Manchester United were a team transformed against Liverpool.

Manchester United finally got their season going with a home win over Liverpool. The Red Devils have endured a torrid start to the Premier League campaign, ...

Sure, there’s a time and a place for over the top, epic lines of commentary. Then came the second for United, in vintage, counterattacking fashion. To put it lightly, he just gets it. And of course it had to be a Rashford goal, assisted by a returning Anthony Martial, in front of the Stretford End. Thankfully, Peter Drury was on shift that night. Drury has become a bit of a fan favourite and somewhat of a cultural phenomenon over the last few years for his continuously epic pieces of commentary.

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Ten Hag was said to have been left physically shattered by the experience - but his pain made a deep impression on his players. Ten Hag infuriated his squad by cancelling their day off and ordering them to report for duty at the club’s Carrington training base just 24 hours after the chastening 4-0 defeat. A United source revealed Ten Hag printed off withering quotes from pundits and stuck them up at the Red Devils' training ground complex and in the dressing room. But they stunned Jurgen Klopp's side 2-1 at Old Trafford on Monday with a performance that suggested Ten Hag can turn their fortunes around and lead them back to success. It is understood Maguire was told as early as last Thursday he would not start against Liverpool, with Ten Hag preferring Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez in central defence. Ten Hag used that reverse as a motivating factor, which proved advantageous.

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"We have a squad and we have a way of playing, a style and a game plan. His age is not an issue," Ten Hag said after the Liverpool game. Pressed on Ronaldo and Maguire's future, Ten Hag added: "I don't have to mention Harry Maguire and Ronaldo, they are amazing players and they will play a role in the future, the short (term) future as well. Today it was those players, Saturday it could be different." He always performed so why can't he do this? It is hard to imagine Ronaldo being able to adapt to Ten Hag's high-tempo philosophy in the twilight of his career.

Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford fired Manchester United to a first Premier League win of the season with a 2-1 win against Liverpool on Monday.

Liverpool, meanwhile, will host Bournemouth on the same day. The Old Trafford club are in action again on Saturday with an away game against Southampton. Sancho rounded off a fine team move by collecting the ball inside the box, turning and slotting into the net before Rashford doubled his team’s lead early in the second half.

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