{"id":183024,"date":"2024-05-16T11:09:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/16\/erik-ten-hag-gives-rousing-speech-to-old-trafford-crowd-ahead-of-season-finale\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T11:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:09:57","slug":"erik-ten-hag-gives-rousing-speech-to-old-trafford-crowd-ahead-of-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/16\/erik-ten-hag-gives-rousing-speech-to-old-trafford-crowd-ahead-of-season-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag gives rousing speech to Old Trafford crowd ahead of season finale \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admitted this \u2018wasn\u2019t an easy season\u2019 in an impassioned speech to fans at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils\u2019 final home game of the season saw them\u00a0beat Newcastle 3-2\u00a0to keep their hopes of qualifying for Europe via their Premier League finish alive. United remain eighth in the standings but are now level on points with Newcastle heading into the final day, while they also have another FA Cup final against rivals Manchester City to look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag\u2019s future has been called into question with United on the verge of recording either their worst or joint-worst finish in the Premier League era, but he thanked supporters for their unwavering support throughout the year in a speech after seeing off Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the players, staff and myself I want to thank you all for the brilliant support during the season,\u201d\u00a0Ten Hag\u00a0began.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/01hy07r9araqqg90ervb.jpg\" alt=\"Rasmus Hojlund\" title=\"Rasmus Hojlund\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Man Utd\u2019s hopes of a top-seven finish are still alive after beating Newcastle \/ Stu Forster\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, it wasn\u2019t an easy season, but one thing remained constant and that was the backing of you for the team. But this season is not over yet. First, we have to travel to Brighton where we go for three points and then we go to Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I promise you that those players will give everything to get that cup and bring it to Old Trafford. And we are sure you will be there supporting us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, you are the best supporters in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United\u00a0have to better Newcastle\u2019s result on the final day of the Premier League season if they are to at least qualify for the Conference League \u2013 Ten Hag\u2019s side travel to Brighton while the Magpies head to Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>However, United will enter the Europa League regardless of their league finish if they win the FA Cup next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admitted this \u2018wasn\u2019t an easy season\u2019 in an impassioned speech to fans at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. 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