Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has praised Erik ten Hag after the win against Tottenham on Wednesday night, as Patrice Evra admitted he would rather have Antonio Conte as manager ahead of kick-off.
United got back to winning ways in the Premier League thanks to second-half goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes. It was a dominant display from Ten Hag's side, as the Reds outclassed the North London club in every department, having more possession, shots, shots on target, corners and passes than Conte's side.
The Italian was heavily linked with a potential move to Old Trafford recently, before Ten Hag was eventually confirmed as United's next permanent manager over the summer.
Evra admitted though that he would have preferred Conte to become the next United manager ahead of kick-off on Wednesday night.
He told Amazon Prime Video: "I really wish [Conte] was the United manager, but now we have Ten Hag. Arsenal fans need to worry, because Antonio is in the house."
Although Evra's comments were made before United's comprehensive victory, his former teammate Ferdinand saw things differently, as he heaped praise on Ten Hag following the 2-0 win.
Speaking on his YouTube channel after full-time, Ferdinand said: "You wouldn’t say that right now [that he would rather have Conte over Ten Hag]. Antonio Conte is a great manager, he’s got some great, strong traits that I really admire. He’s a winner, he dictates, he’s massive on discipline, he’s fiery, he’s passionate, he’s a man about details.
"But right now, if you look at the two teams and who’s playing the better football, Spurs for me at the moment are playing really poor football. Especially against the big teams. I watched them against Arsenal at the Emirates. They just camped in their own box for most the game. They looked dangerous on the counter, that was it.
"[Against United] they got outplayed in big parts of the game if not all of the game and didn’t look like scoring, really. They don’t look like a team that have any confidence. If you were to give Ten Hag a mark out of 10 for the season so far, he would probably come out with… I don’t know about a better number [than Conte] but I think the trajectory looks better for Ten Hag."
Emybel
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they criticize Martinez,now he's one of the best in premiere league,they criticize our clean sheets,we started keeping clean sheets,they criticize our shots,we started hitting more,they criticize our shots on target,we took it personal and had more...now it's about the top4... believe it or not, we're winning Chelsea and going top4 this weekend...take a screenshot
Jehdruz
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Evra keep your hate to Ten Hag , he proved he is the suitable manager to MU keep your hate to yourself and stay away from the club who make you a good player
Kiwdeikuz
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Come the end of the season you will change your negative thoughts and appreciate Erik Ten Hag ,for us fans we don’t care the differences are there to speak for themselves,this coach needs support from the club,financially and the fans
stanakhi
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I am beginning to dislike Evra with is senseless punditry
Anthoniocabrini
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I think he’s talking about the north London derby
he mentioned this yesterday, while Arsenal few weeks ago defeated Tottenham, that my point bro
On1Plug
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"now we have Ten Hag. Arsenal fans need to worry, because Antonio is in the house." what as this got to do with Arsenal Mr Evra? Arsenal just beat Tottenham, with all respect, Evra talks like someone who get high sometimes
I think he’s talking about the north London derby
Anthoniocabrini
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Evera is now sick we love ten
tell him again bro
Anthoniocabrini
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"now we have Ten Hag. Arsenal fans need to worry, because Antonio is in the house." what as this got to do with Arsenal Mr Evra? Arsenal just beat Tottenham, with all respect, Evra talks like someone who get high sometimes
Footballanalyst23
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Can’t compare United and Spurs. They don’t have the same spending power
But they have a better team and players
wikabmptz
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Can’t compare United and Spurs. They don’t have the same spending power
Nazdilmpr
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Evera is now sick we love ten