Christian Eriksen couldn't believe his eyes when Erik ten Hag decided to substitute him during the closing stages of Manchester United's draw against FC Twente in the Europa League

Erik ten Hag responded to Christian Eriksen's criticism of Manchester United's mentality in their 1-1 draw with FC Twente in the Europa League. The Manchester United manager said his side failed to 'kill the game' as the English team failed to take advantage of their 1-0 lead, instead conceding an equaliser to an Twente team who played 'the game of their life' Ten Hag laments Manchester United’s ‘complacent’ approach in Twente draw Continue reading...

Another inquest us underway following Manchester United's disappointing Europa League opener against Twente, who 'wanted it more' according to Erik ten Hag and Christian Eriksen

Manchester United drew against FC Twente despite opening the scoring through Christian Eriksen and former coach Steve McClaren has identified where he would like to see progress

When Manchester United click as they did here for large swathes, their attack features organised chaos and their defence is compact, as shown by their four clean sheets this season. This last statistic was heading for a fifth until a hapless Christian Eriksen turned from scoring hero to culprit with a dither that allowed Sam Lammers to equalise on 68 minutes. Chasing victory, Erik ten Hag replaced the restored Marcus Rashford for Rasmus Højlund, Mason Mount for Joshua Zirkee, and Kobbie Mainoo for Eriksen. But this last dice-throw failed despite an added-time scramble that had Harry Maguire heading goalwards so United’s Europa League challenge starts with a point. Continue reading...

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 FC TWENTE: Christian Eriksen opened the scoring with a stunning goal in the first-half, but then made a mistake to see the Red Devils suffer misery in their Europa League opener

Mikel Arteta rejected the idea that Arsenal used 'dark arts' in their 2-2 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium after John Stones and Bernardo Silva criticised their defensive tactics. Arteta suggested his side, who were reduced to 10 players when Leandro Trossard was sent off for kicking the ball away in the first half, had to adapt. Referring to Arsenal's 5-0 loss against Manchester City in 2021 when Granit Xhaka was sent off, he said: 'We’d better learn [from that experience] … if not I would be thick, very thick.' Continue reading...

Updates from Old Trafford for this 4pm BST kick-offGet in touch – email Tim with your thoughts “In terms of gamechangers,” says Rick Harris, “United do have Christian Eriksen, who has probably changed more games than Nunez, Gakpo, Elliott and Endo put together.” Ha, good point. With Mount injured and McTominay sold, he may now be Bruno Fernandes’s deputy as the No 10 – and he was sensational in that slot for Denmark against Slovenia at the Euros. “A lot of chat about Liverpool’s contract situation,” says DDJ Stephens, “a lot about how Slot’s style is similar but more calm and patient... all good, but why is nobody talking about Nunez not getting any game time under Slot yet, despite his professed desire to make him the big nine for Liverpool?” I think he did come on for the last 20 minutes or so against Brentford, but point taken. Continue reading...

Turkish clubs are interested in Kieran Trippier and Ben Chilwell, Anderleht want Christian Eriksen, plus more.