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Garnacho is key to Ten Hag's future at Man United

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MANCHESTER, England -- As the Manchester United players walked off at half-time, 2-0 up against Everton, they disappeared down the Old Trafford tunnel to a chorus of "Viva Garnacho" coming from the fans in the Stretford End. Manager Erik ten Hag followed wearing his usual stony-faced expression, but it would have been no surprise if he was singing along in his head.

After a week that has seen pressure mount on the Dutch manager, Alejandro Garnacho won two first-half penalties -- converted by Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford -- after luring James Tarkowski and then Ben Godfrey into clumsy challenges to help United to a much-needed win in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.