Erik ten Hag makes bizarre comparison to great Man United sides under Sir Alex Ferguson... but has he got his facts straight?
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Erik ten Hag makes bizarre comparison to great Man United sides under Sir Alex Ferguson... but has he got his facts straight?

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Erik ten Hag hailed his Manchester United team after they reached the FA Cup final and made a bizarre comparison to great Red Devils sides of the past under Sir Alex Ferguson. Erik ten Hag hailed his Manchester United team after they reached the FA Cup final on Sunday United won on penalties against Championship opponents Coventry, but it was a poor display Ten Hag seemingly made a bizarre comparison to Sir Alex Ferguson's great United team Your browser does not support iframes. Ten Hag's bizarre comparison came despite United reaching three successive cup finals in the 1990s, while they won the competition three time in six seasons between 1993 and 1999. New part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe was watching on and Ten Hag has come under heavy scrutiny The great team Ten Hag seemingly referred to reached three FA Cup finals in four years, while they won the showpiece event back in 2004 'I don't think heads dropped but we had many setbacks and maybe our reaction is human but it's not acceptable.

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