Manchester United's manager Erik Ten Hag has claimed that his team is focused on themselves and not what other competitors are experiencing.
The race for the top four finishes has intensified with the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, and Brighton Albion all trailing third place. Manchester United, and even a back-in-form Chelsea, are being tipped to challenge for a spot in the top four before the season runs out, but Erik Ten Hag has claimed other clubs' results don't matter and the focus of the team is to get better.
"We go from game to game," he stated during his press conference on Friday ahead of Sunday's Premier League clash with Southampton.
"We are not looking over our shoulders." We have to focus on our process, and what others are doing is not for us. "We have to improve our game, and every player has to improve it, and we have to win games and do it from game to game."
The Red Devils are looking to continue their recovery from a 7-0 poor performance against Liverpool last weekend. They have reacted well with a win over Real Betis in the first leg of the round of 16 tie in the Europa League, but Erik Ten Hag stated his side are ready to bounce back and the Southampton game will be a start.
"I think [as] the season goes to the end, it's going to be even more difficult for every team because the pressure will be higher and higher," he explained.
"So you need character; you need a determined team; you need a resilient team." "You need a team with personalities, and I think we already showed several times this season that this team can deal with setbacks."
"Today we have seen an example, but there have been others before as well." After Brentford, for instance, we bounced back after Arsenal. "After City, we bounced back."
"Today, I will say this is Part One, because Sunday has to come another one, but I think this team can rely on that, that they can bounce back." "But it demands a lot of energy and a lot of togetherness from a lot of players to get the performance we showed today," he told MUTV.
The manager was as well quizzed on whether recent team results will affect the club's transfer plans next summer. He gave a negative reply, insisting that the team is focused on the present issues within the club.
"No. "It (club transfer plans) can't change after one game, but that is a continual process that is running in the background, and in this moment the main focus is from game to game, and the first game is always the most important, and that is [the case] now on Sunday with Southampton."
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