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Erik ten Hag went with what he knew from Manchester United’s pre-season, and after failure towards Brighton, it’s time for a re-think. The brutal 2-1 opening day loss at Old Trafford left the Dutchman with a slightly haunted look on his face, realizing he hasn’t received many choices after a quiet summer time. Getty Ten Hag had a tough opening day within the dugout AFP Adjustments will undoubtedly be required Solely three gamers have been bought in so far within the form of Christian Eriksen, Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia, and like their new teammates, all of them struggled towards the Seagulls. Argentina worldwide Martinez confirmed moments of sophistication however Brighton’s aggressive strategy clearly received to him every now and then, whereas Eriksen was hamstrung from the beginning. Ten Hag’s prime performer in preseason was Anthony Martial who seemed revitalised within the centre-forward berth after his Sevilla mortgage, however a knee drawback dominated him out of the match, with the supervisor opting to provide Eriksen the position. The experiment backfired with the Dane struggling to get entangled, however as soon as he dropped again, issues began occurring, and that can probably be the case subsequent…