Erik ten Hag claims Man Utd played “so good” and holds officials accountable for the team’s Champions League loss in Copenhagen.

Man Utd lost 4-3 in Copenhagen on Wednesday night in the Champions League after blowing leads twice; they are currently bottom of Group A and will need to work hard to go to the knockout stages; Erik ten Hag attributed the loss on three official decisions.

Erik ten Hag called Manchester United’s 4-3 loss at FC Copenhagen a “very good” effort and blamed the referees for the outcome.

United’s chances of making it out of Group A are now extremely slim after they suffered their third defeat in as many Champions League games.

After Marcus Rashford was sent off, Ten Hag’s team’s lead was cut to 2-2. United led 3-2 thanks to a goal from Bruno Fernandes, but the Premier League team collapsed once more at the conclusion of the second half, giving up three or more goals in a game for the seventh time this season.

However, Ten Hag was happy with a lot of what he observed from his side, even though they had little prospect of moving forward from a group that they were strong favorites to deal with.

“We are very disappointed because we played very good,” he stated. “We had a great start to the match. Our season’s best minutes so far. The red card changes everything, and we are winning the game.”

Despite having more of the ball and 16 shots to United’s nine, Ten Hag persisted, saying, “It’s a game of mistakes.” There are many good things, even though I wouldn’t say we accomplished everything perfectly.

“We were controlling the game even with ten guys. We performed really well.”

Ten Hag, however, feels that several calls went against United in the Danish capital. First among them was the decision to dismiss Rashford after a VAR review for stamping on Elias Jelert when he was trying to defend the ball.

Erik ten Hag expressed his strong disapproval of the decision to give a red card to one of his players, considering it to be excessively harsh. He believed that the player was genuinely attempting to go for the ball, and he criticized the lengthy deliberation by the referee in making the red card decision.

Ten Hag also joined the chorus of managers criticizing the implementation of VAR, stating that the game was never meant to be played with such frequent VAR interventions. He accepted that mistakes can happen in refereeing decisions but argued that such severe decisions can disrupt the flow of the game.

He chose not to comment on the controversial penalty awarded to Manchester United for handball against Lukas Lerager, despite the ball traveling a short distance and initially striking Harry Maguire’s hand.