Man United Q&A Live: What next for the Red Devils after abject Champions League display? Chris Wheeler answers all your questions
Follow Mail Sport’s live blog as Chris Wheeler answers all your questions around Manchester United following their Champions League exit where they finished bottom of the group.
2. Lots of people want to know what kind of pressure Ten Hag now finds himself under. With Sir Jim Ratcliffe's part ownership soon to be finalised, is he now looking over his shoulder?
CHRIS WHEELER: I don’t think any Manchester United manager can spend £400m on new players, lose half of 24 games this season and finish bottom of a pretty average Champions League group without being concerned about his job.
Ten Hag has been hit hard by injuries to key players this season but performances have been way below expectations.
I think the delay over Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s £1.25billion investment, and state of flux that has created at the club, will help Ten Hag in the short-term. The current regime has no appetite to sack him and will happily pass the buck to Ratcliffe who could be months away from having any operational control.
But once the INEOS team are in the building, I fear for Ten Hag. They have been watching this debacle of a season and are not coming in to sit on their hands.
Unless there is a dramatic improvement in the second half of the season, he is in big trouble.
1. Now that the dust has settled on last night and United are out, where does this failed group stage rank in United's recent European disasters?
CHRIS WHEELER: Right up there!
The fact it’s only the second time United have finished bottom of their group, four points was the club’s lowest-ever total, and 15 goals conceded is worse than any English team in Champions League history, tells its own story.
I can’t think of a worse campaign, and I’ve seen them all. Bayern Munich are obviously a top side, but United should have qualified ahead of FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray, no doubt about it.
Those late defeats to Galatasaray at Old Trafford and Copenhagen in Denmark really hurt. It’s been a chaotic campaign with high-scoring ties and lots of goals.
Just when United needed a big finale, they produced a really insipid display against Bayern last night.
I take the point that you can’t be too gung-ho against an attack of that quality, but to go out so tamely topped off a thoroughly miserable campaign.
Last call to get your questions in…
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The stats that shame Man United
Man United were terrible to finish bottom of a Champions League group that included FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray – and the stats only back that up.
United create so few chances it’s alarming:
Bayern Munich 4-3 Man United
41% possession
4 shots on goal, 3 goals.
Man United 2-3 Galatasaray
52% possession
5 shots on goal, 2 goals.
Man United 1-0 FC Copenhagen
51% possession
4 shots on goal, 1 goal.
FC Copenhagen 4-3 Man United
51% possession
8 shots on goal, 3 goals.
Galatasaray 3-3 Man United
45% possession
4 shots on goal, 3 goals.
Man United 0-1 Bayern Munich
44% possession
1 shot on goal, 0 goals
Erik ten Hag's post-Bayern conference
As we wait for Chris, recap Erik ten Hag's verdict on Manchester United's Champions League exit:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=syM4b9JZOGo%3Frel%3D0
Get your Man United questions in
There is still time to get your questions in for Chris – you can do so by replying to the X post below.
We will be starting the Q&A at midday!
Liverpool vs Man United on Sunday
And so Manchester United, licking their wounds and still smarting from a humbling 3-0 defeat in the Premier League to Bournemouth, now have to prepare to travel to Anfield to take on arch-rivals – and league leaders – Liverpool.
You couldn’t have picked a worse fixture for them this weekend.
Man United are SLAMMED by L'Equipe
Those notoriously savage French newspaper player ratings pulled no punches when it came to Man United on Tuesday night.
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Erik ten Hag: The season ISN'T over
The Man United manager was asked if this season was already one to write off following a group stage Champions League exit, but Ten Hag disagreed.
He said:
Jamie Carragher RIPS into Erik ten Hag
A lot of the players have come in for criticism at United this season – Andre Onana and Antony chief among them – but former Liverpool defender-turned-pundit Jamie Carragher is pointing the finger of blame at Erik ten Hag after this embarrassing Champions League exit.
FULL STORY HERE.
Man United's Champions League disaster
A 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich, who romped to top spot in Group A, is far from a disgrace, but it was a group stage campaign to forget.
To jog your memory, here are United’s results:
Matchday 1: Bayern Munich 4-3 Man United
Matchday 2: Man United 2-3 Galatasaray
Matchday 3: Man United 1-0 FC Copenhagen
Matchday 4: FC Copenhagen 4-3 Man United
Matchday 5: Galatasaray 3-3 Man United
Matchday 6: Man United 0-1 Bayern Munich
Man United icon FEARS for Erik ten Hag
Chris will no doubt get into it but there are real concerns about the long-term suitability of manager Erik ten Hag.
Former Man United defender Jaap Stam is among those worried for the Dutchman moving forward.
FULL STORY HERE.
The latest Man United inquest
Hello and welcome to our Manchester United Q&A – and once again we aren’t short of things to talk about.
Last night’s 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich ratified their position bottom of Group A and there will be no more European football for Erik ten Hag and his players this season.
Our chief Manchester United reporter Chris Wheeler will be joining us from 12pm to answer your questions on what happens next, how much pressure is on Ten Hag, and how will injuries impact team selection to face Liverpool?
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