Erik ten Hag insisted he needed more energy in the midfield.
Man United manager Erik ten Hag speaks on his decision to take off Kobbie Mainoo against Nottingham Forest. He does not regret taking off 18-year-old Kobbie at half time at the City Ground.
Man United faced a 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest in their final game of this year. Mainoo was replaced by Scott McTominay at halftime against Nottingham Forest.
The Dutchman insisted he needed more energy in the midfield, with Mainoo playing a lot of football over the festive period.
“No, but he played a third game in a row in this week and that’s tough, where he’s coming from”, said ten Hag.
“I thought the energy was a little bit lower than the other two games this week, therefore we brought some new energy in. I don’t regret.
“I thought Scott brought energy, I thought second half was much better our side. The first goal, when you analyse it good, we were downsized. Nothing to do with the central midfield there.
“Second goal was a counter-attack where there was a miscommunication, we had players enough and the second part of it, in the first half there were some moments where Forest ran away. It’s a good play but we should have tracked that.”
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