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Topics: Manchester United, Liverpool, Erik Ten Hag, Sir Alex Ferguson, Peter Schmeichel, Premier League, Football
Tom Jenkins
Topics: Manchester United, Liverpool, Erik Ten Hag, Sir Alex Ferguson, Peter Schmeichel, Premier League, Football
Peter Schmeichel has revealed how Sir Alex Ferguson reacted to Manchester United's brutal 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford.
It was another bleak day for Man United on Sunday, something which has become all too common under Erik ten Hag.
United started the game quite strongly, but all their good work was undone through two costly mistakes from Casemiro who was at fault for both goals, resulting in the Brazilian being substituted at the break.
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Mo Salah secured his customary goal at Old Trafford to seal the points for Liverpool Andre Onana couldn't get near his sweeping finish into the bottom corner.
Following the match, former United goalkeeper Schmeichel revealed his heartbreaking experience watching the match sat with his old manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.
“I was sat with Sir Alex today, it was really sad. What he did for this football club. Everything that we enjoyed. The great times. Everything," he told Premier League Productions via The Mirror.
“To sit with him and he is watching this. That, for me, is really, really sad that he is watching that. He did something really extraordinary with this football club. All of that is not there anymore," he added.
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It's been 11 years since Ferguson retired from management and handed the keys to Old Trafford over to David Moyes.
Since then United have had eight different managers in charge and slowly slipped down the pecking order in English football.
Last campaign Ten Hag guided the club to their worst-ever finish in the Premier League era as they ended the season sat in 8th but managed to salvage European football through their FA Cup victory.
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Luckily for Ten Hag United have some more favourable fixtures coming up, with Southampton away in their next Premier League outing followed by Barnsley at home in the Carabao Cup.