'Overcooked' Manchester United told to consider Jose Mourinho's approach after 'wasteful performance' under Erik ten Hag
Manchester United's Crystal Palace stash has been branded a “lootable performance”, and perhaps they could turn to an old friend to replace Erik ten Hag.
What had already been a difficult season for the Red Devils got worse with the Eagles inflicting a 4-0 beating about the 13-time Premier League winners.
Goals from Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta put Oliver Glasner's men in command at the break before Tyrick Mitchell and a second from Olise made for an embarrassing night for united man.
Palace were busy all night, with Olise and Eberechi Eze in good form, however, an investigation will begin into how it all went so horribly wrong for Ten Hag's side.
talkSPORT's Jason Cundy stated at the start of The Sports Bar: “I can't think of a worse Man United performance I've ever seen.”
Cundy added: “United are lost. They're gone. Arsenal will look at that now and think, 'we thought it would be a difficult game, but it's not'. Arsenal will destroy them, City in the FA Cup final. ..”
Sports Bar presenter Jamie O'Hara asked if Ten Hag should be sacked, to which Cundy replied: “That's a sack-worthy performance tonight.”
O'Hara replied: “If you are a manager now, maybe they are talking to someone for the summer, I would take the job! You have nothing to lose in the Premier League, because that is over. You could win a trophy.”
Cundy said he doubts any potential successor to the Dutchman will arrive so late in the season before O'Hara suggested Man United could bring in former manager Jose Mourinho on a temporary basis ahead of the club's FA Cup final date. against Manchester City. on May 25.
O'Hara said: “Give it to Mourinho for a couple of weeks. Why not? A chance to win a trophy… they're not going to win it with Ten Hag, forget about it. They're done.”
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Cundy added: “They are cooked, they are completely gone. There is no struggle, there is no faith.”
“They're going to fire Ten Hag in the summer. That's FA Cup semi-final against Coventry It was enough to tell me that players don't play for him. Tonight he really approves.”
O'Hara later said: “I think they should talk to Mourinho on the phone.”
It's safe to say that Ten Hag does not share this view, as the former Ajax boss has vowed to fight on in the face of mounting pressure on him.
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Asked if he is worried about his future, Ten Hag told talkSPORT: “I don't think about this.
“I have to prepare the team, we have big problems, so if I worry about my future… it's not about me, it's about the team and the club.
“You see that the fans support us and they deserve a team that has energy.”
Ten Hag told Sky Sports: “I will keep fighting. I prepared the team the best way I could. It wasn't good enough, I have to take responsibility for that, but I will find energy and prepare them for Sunday's game (against Arsenal ).”
He added: “It's clear, it's obvious, this is poor performance. We didn't perform the way we wanted to and it's not good enough. We're very disappointed.”
“Our fans were behind us and we should have kept fighting like they did.
“There are always reasons, everyone sees our defense: we have big problems. In the end, we have to face it and we should have done better.”
Man United is eighth in the Premier League, behind seventh-placed Chelsea on goal difference and two points behind Newcastle, sixth, and six points behind Tottenham, fifth.
