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Poor on the ball, worse without it - where Man Utd went wrong v Spurs

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I always think the easiest thing a manager can do in football is to pick and organise a team that is tenacious and will give you everything - but that is not proving easy for Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag at the moment.

United were very poor when they were on the ball during the first half of their 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham on Sunday, but they were even worse without it - and that should be a much bigger concern.

I was surprised when Ten Hag came out after Wednesday's Europa League draw with Twente and agreed that the Dutch side "wanted it more" but I assumed that we would see a reaction to that against Spurs.