A FURIOUS tirade by Bruno Fernandes and Lisandro Martinez during the Manchester derby was so loud it could be heard in the hallway.
Of United 4-0 down, skipper Fernandes and central defender Martinez furious with their teammates that they had no faith.
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The message was heard by City staff outside the visitors’ locker room.
United did improve in the second half by scoring three times went 6-3 . down.
Fernandes said: “The attitude and belief from the start was not the best and that caused a lot of problems and made us concede early goals.
“After that we have to reverse the result and the second half was much better.
“We keep more control, we control the game more. When we have the ball, we are braver.
“We are very disappointed, but now it is time to focus on the next game and understand that we have to go back to the performances we did before – in faith and everything, in the principle of togetherness – and understand that this is not us. can bring down.”
after seeing Erling Haaland and Phil Foden both complete their hat-tricks, United’s dressing room was much quieter at the end of the game.
Despite answering with a scorcher of Anthony and two late goals from sub Anthony MartialUnited knew they had been beaten well.
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Manager Erik ten Hagwho agreed to the halftime tirade and sent his players back with orders to fight for each other won’t mind Fernandes and Martinez speaking out.
He is not afraid to let his players do the talking.
After the 4-0 humiliation at Brentford in the second game of the season, he held a team meeting the following week and invited everyone to have their say.
He revealed that in the wake of this defeat, there would be the same offer if the staff performed an autopsy of what? Ten Hag called an “unacceptable” performance.
United’s next match is Thursday’s Europa League game against Omonia Nicosia.
The club is waiting for news about Raphael Varane’s ankle injury which forced the defender at the Etihad in the first half.
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