Manchester United delivered a woeful performance in their 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace (PA Wire)

Ten Hag also said: ‘I will keep fighting. I prepared the team in the best way I could do.

‘It was not good enough, I have to take responsibility for that but I will find energy and prepare them for Sunday’s game.

‘It’s clear, it’s obvious, this is underperforming. We didn’t act how we wanted to and it’s not good enough. We are very disappointed.

‘Our fans were behind us and we should have kept fighting like the fans did.

‘There are always reasons, everyone sees our backline, we have huge problems. At the end of the day, we have to deal with it and we should have done better.’
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In a separate interview with BBC Sport about his future, Ten Hag said: ‘I don’t think about this.

‘I prepare the team in the best way I can. We have many problems. The only focus I have is to perform better with my team.

‘I think only about making my team better.’

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