Manchester United can be taught from Manchester Metropolis’s success however won’t attempt to copy their strategies, in line with supervisor Erik Ten Hag.
United head to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday for the Manchester derby as soon as once more a good distance adrift of their neighbours within the Premier League.
A restructuring of United’s soccer hierarchy is below means following the funding made by Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group, with their first transfer to herald Omar Berrada from Metropolis as chief government.
Ten Hag mentioned: “I feel you’ll be able to all the time be taught from opponents who’re profitable and you must do it if you wish to go to excessive ranges however, on the identical time, we’ve to do it in a United means.
“This can be a completely different membership with a unique atmosphere, with a unique DNA. However you choose up issues that may be profitable and also you combine it in your personal mannequin.”
Ratcliffe wasted no time setting out his ambitions for United, arguing they will knock Metropolis and Liverpool “off their perch” in three years.
United went into the weekend sitting 15 factors beneath Metropolis and 16 adrift of Liverpool however Ten Hag insists he welcomes Ratcliffe setting public targets.
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“It helps,” mentioned the Dutchman. “We now have to indicate ambition. We need to be one of the best and that’s what United stands for. However, on the identical time, we all know additionally the place we at the moment are.
“We even have seen that there are moments the place we go toe-to-toe. That’s the idea we’ve as a workforce. We now have to select up these moments and we’ve to show it in each sport. I feel we’re in a position to with this squad we’ve.”
United have misplaced 5 of their final six matches towards Metropolis, together with a 6-3 defeat on the Etihad final season and a 3-0 residence loss in October.
“At this second I’ve a whole lot of respect for them however not the respect that we predict we are able to’t win this sport,” mentioned Ten Hag.
“Quite the opposite, we are going to present we are able to win this sport. Within the (FA) Cup ultimate, we confirmed we had been very shut. Additionally first half at Previous Trafford within the residence sport earlier than that loopy VAR second modifications the sport utterly.
“The second half we didn’t play nicely they usually performed very nicely, so don’t allow them to come into the sport, that’s I feel what we’ve to take with us for Sunday.”
Forward of the final derby, Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola mentioned Liverpool relatively than United had been his aspect’s greatest rivals, and Ten Hag added: “The final decade, that’s the means it went.
“I feel it’s a good evaluation. However we are able to’t settle for this as a membership. We now have to bounce again. As Sir Jim says, we’ve to indicate ambition, we need to be the primary. I feel that’s ambition.”
