Ten Hag laments Manchester United's loss to Manchester City despite coming close to winning – satisfied with Red Devils playing close to the ship.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has spoken after his team's defeat to Manchester City and failure to win the 2024 Community Shield.

On August 11, 2024, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admitted his disappointment with the team's loss to Manchester City “the Blues” in the 2024 Community Shield despite a good performance that we hope to use as motivation to go into the 2024-25 season.

In this match, Manchester United took the lead through Alejandro Carnacho, but late in the match, Bernardo Silva missed a header, giving Manchester City a 1-1 draw, forcing them to hope for a penalty, and Manchester City, who were more accurate, won 7-6.

“It’s a difficult result to accept,” Ten Hag said. “When you’re in good form you lose. Everyone feels that way. It hurts because you lead both of them in normal games. And in the penalty shootout but they didn’t win the championship but it will be a motivation for us to do better. Because we were able to play closely with Manchester City, we created chances, we controlled the ball, there were a lot of good things in this game. We have to carry that kind of belief into the league.”

Ten Hag also spoke about Sancho's missed penalties. “He's good at taking penalties. But today he missed them. It's part of the game.”

As for Marcus Rashford, who was questioned by the media about his performance, Ten Hag replied: “No, I think he found his position very well in many moments. I am very satisfied with his performance and his position.”