Premier League: Underfire Erik Ten Hag says he will 'keep fighting' after Man United's loss vs Crystal Palace - Football News

Manchester United's woes continued as they were thrashed 4-0 by Crystal Palace in their Premier League encounter on Monday (May 6). The loss has put more pressure on Erik Ten Hag to continue as the team manager for the next season. While there have been heavy criticism, the Dutchman stated that he 'will keep fighting' and 'find the energy' to prepare the team for the next game with nine points to play for this season.

Following their big defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace, United are at the eighth spot with three league games in hand, at the brink of attaining several unwanted records.

The Red Devils currently have a club record number of losses (13) in a Premier League season. Notably, they have already faced their most shots (618) in a single campaign. Thus, if they let in three more goals in this term, it will set a new mark for their most conceded in a season.

After the loss, Ten Hag told SkySports, «I will keep fighting, I have prepared the team in the best way I can. It (the performance) was not good enough and I have to take the responsibility for that.»

«But I will find the energy and prepare them for the next game. We have nine points to play for and we have to fight for those,» he stated.

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United had a tough time against Palace from the word go. Heading into the game with injury issues, the former champions were forced to play midfielder Casemiro at centre-back. This led to him being exposed on a number of occasions as Palace’s mobile front three pulled their visitors apart.

However, Ten Hag refused to put the blame on Casemiro and said, «You can’t put it on one player, it is a team performance. We did not adapt to the