{"id":298762,"date":"2023-11-26T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298762"},"modified":"2023-11-26T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:54:00","slug":"man-utd-starlet-kobbie-mainoo-justifies-erik-ten-hag-comments-in-everton-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/man-utd-starlet-kobbie-mainoo-justifies-erik-ten-hag-comments-in-everton-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd starlet Kobbie Mainoo justifies Erik ten Hag comments in Everton win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten Hag believes Man Utd are on the up ahead of Everton trip<\/h3>\n

Erik ten Hag was evidently talking sense back in August when he claimed that Kobbie Mainoo was ‘ready’ to take on Manchester United’s defensive midfield role. The teenager showed exactly why the club’s coaching staff rate him so highly during Sunday’s win over Everton.<\/p>\n

Mainoo has had to wait patiently for his opportunity to impress. He performed well on United’s pre-season tour, but sustained an ankle injury in July which kept him out of action for four months.<\/p>\n

Ten Hag made no secret of how big a miss Mainoo would be, not hesitating to pile extra pressure on his shoulders by tipping him to make the deep-lying midfielder role his own. Before kick-off at Goodison Park, the Dutchman explained how the international break had been used to bring the youngster up to speed in preparation for the resumption of domestic football.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, Mainoo was thrown straight in from the start, and despite lining up alongside established professionals such as Bruno Fernandes, Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire, he showed more composure than anyone else on the pitch.<\/p>\n

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Mainoo has the peculiar trait, which is generally reserved for the classiest stars, of appearing to play the game at a walking pace while also popping up all over the pitch.<\/p>\n

Defensively the 18-year-old was superb against the Toffees. His vital clearance off the line to deny Dwight McNeil prevented Everton from drawing level after Alejandro Garnacho’s stunning opener, and his willingness to eat up ground set the tone for the rest of his team-mates to weather a wave of pressure from the hosts before the interval.<\/p>\n