Man Utd 4-3 Liverpool: 'There is life in Erik Ten Hag yet as Man Utd manager'

[CharlieH]

 

Erik ten Hag's future as Manchester United manager was never going to be definitively shaped by one game but even the taciturn Dutchman must have known how much was riding on the FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Liverpool at Old Trafford.

A defeat would have only hardened belief that Ten Hag is not the right fit to take United forward within the revamped football structure being assembled by new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

 

A win might just be enough to persuade the rulers inside Old Trafford's hierarchy that Ten Hag is their man.

And what a win it was after a head-spinning game overflowing with the ingredients Old Trafford loves. Manchester United's 4-3 victory was sealed in the dying seconds of extra time in front of the Stretford End. Just like old times.

This was the biggest and most spectacular result of Ten Hag's United career - and may just be the result that gives him a long-term future at Old Trafford.

If United had lost then the noise surrounding him would have been deafening. Old Trafford instead rocked to the noise of the biggest celebrations the self-styled "Theatre Of Dreams" has witnessed in years.

Will it be a game-changer for Ten Hag? Only time will tell, but a victory of such significance will not do him any harm as Ratcliffe plots United's route forward.

 

• Man Utd beat Liverpool in FA Cup thriller
• Man Utd to face Coventry in semi-finals

 

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