Gary Neville and Robbie Savage issues grim Erik ten Hag verdicts after Man Utd vs Tottenham

Pressure is ramping up on Erik ten Hag after Tottenham’s comprehensive win over Manchester United on Sunday. Spurs defeated the Red Devils 3-0, and they were already one goal up when Bruno Fernandes received a controversial red card just before the break.

Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke were all on target during what was a memorable afternoon for Spurs in the North-West. Tottenham’s start to the season is now improving after three straight wins across all competitions, but United remain on seven points after six games.

Pressure is now ramping up on Ten Hag amid spending aplenty across the last two summers, and former United man Gary Neville dubbed Sunday’s performance as the worst he has seen in the Dutchman’s era.

“It’s one of the worst performances I have seen under Ten Hag - and that is saying something. It is really bad. Today has shocked me about how low they have gone,” Neville said on Sky Sports. “That felt like one of those days where they sank really low.”

Fellow pundit Redknapp added: “He has already had enough time. I just don’t see how he is the man to take it forward - the only problem is I don’t know who is, it’s such a difficult job.”

Elsewhere, on BBC Radio 5 Live, Robbie Savage hinted at a possible sacking this week. He said: “I think they’ve got to make a big decision this week - I think his time might be up.”

Ten Hag responds

Asked if he fears the sack after the Tottenham defeat, Ten Hag responded: “No, I am not thinking about this (he said on the possibility of him getting a sack). I think we all made together this decision to stay together, as an ownership, as a leadership group in the summer.

“We made the decision from a clear review what we have to improve as an organisation and how we want to construct a squad and all the decision-making is with togetherness. But we knew it will take some time. I think we will get better, we need some time. We are all on one page or in one boat together, the ownership, the leadership group, the staff and the players group as well. I don’t have that concern.”