FUMING Erik ten Hag told his Manchester United players to stop feeling sorry for themselves in a brutal team meeting on Sunday.
The new Red Devils boss cancelled their scheduled day off after the humiliating 4-0 defeat away to Brentford.
A number of the players were unhappy at this having already made plans with their families.
But Ten Hag had them running in the 30 degree heat less than 24 hours after playing in the same temperatures at Brentford.
He also sat them down inside their Carrington base and ripped into them.
The Dutchman told them to stop feeling sorry for themselves and to start showing some fight and belief.
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Ten Hag, 52, warned them that if they didn’t change, the hole they have dug themselves, after two consecutive defeats to open the season, would only get deeper.
United were 4-0 down after 35 minutes at Brentford on Saturday.
Ten Hag told the players at the break that their performance was an ‘embarrassment’ and to go out and win the second half.
No further goals were added but the manager remained extremely upset by the performance hence cancelling the day off.
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The players were understood to be shattered after being forced to run 13.8km during the training session on Sunday, the exact difference in ground covered between themselves and Brentford.
United’s next game is against Liverpool next Monday with fears growing at the club of another mauling if the players cannot sort themselves out.
Protests are once again planned against the Glazer family.
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