Erik ten Hag dishes out brutal punishment to Man Utd stars immediately after 7-0 Liverpool humiliation
FURIOUS Erik ten Hag told his Manchester United stars they were lucky to be travelling back on the team bus after their Liverpool humiliation.
He turned on the Sir Alex Ferguson-style hairdryer treatment with a blast inside the Anfield dressing-room following Sunday’s 7-0 trouncing.
The Dutchman felt they deserved to be leaving Merseyside with the club’s raging supporters after their worst defeat for 91 years.
Ten Hag, 53, made them suffer in silence by insisting they listen to their hated rivals’ celebrations.
And he then tore a strip off them, warning they would all be axed if there was a repeat of a performance which he publicly slammed as “unprofessional” and “unacceptable”.
It comes as SunSport revealed Ten Hag also dished out his own hairdryer treatment to the players.
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It is believed that it was the "angriest" the manager has "ever been".
Ten Hag called the squad into training this morning with an inquest being held into the game.
A United source said: “Obviously , the manager was furious after the game and he still was the following morning and has made his feelings clear.
“He and the players are all desperate to reset for Thursday.”
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Ten Hag was still raging about the horror show this morning.
He arrived at Carrington HQ at 7am to prepare a debrief, with players arriving two hours later.
They were ordered to put it right — starting on Thursday against Real Betis in the Europa League last-16 first leg at Old Trafford.
Despite United being unlucky to go in 1-0 at the break, they then completely capitulated in the second half.
Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, and Mohamed Salah all netted braces before Roberto Firmino scored the seventh.
The defeat for United has cast a major shadow on what had been a successful week in which they had won the Carabao Cup and advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.