Erik ten Hag speaks out on Manchester United future after Tottenham drubbing

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag insists he is not concerned about his future despite a second successive 3-0 Premier League home defeat.

Tottenham's victory inflicted a fourth 3-0 home league loss on United within the past year only four weeks on from Liverpool's 3-0 stroll.

United are 12th in the Premier League table and have lost more league games than they have won this term, leaving them with a goal difference of -3. Their form has refuelled uncertainty over Ten Hag's position four months on from when the United hierarchy sounded out potential replacements.

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"No, not thinking about this," Ten Hag replied when asked about his future. "We all made a togetherness, this decision, to stay together as an ownership, as a leadership group in the summer.

"And also we made the decision from a clear review, what we have to improve as an organisation and how we want to construct a squad. They are all decision-making in togetherness.

"But we also knew it will take some time because of how the window went, some players were late in like Ugarte, we have to integrate him now. Also, we had to make some improvements in organisation, we still have to deal with some injuries, impact players. We will get better there, we need some time.

"We are all there on one page, one boat, together, the ownership, the leadership group, the staff, the players’ group as well, so I don’t have that concern.

"Of course, there’s always a new game, there will be a new day and it’s also obvious you have to learn as a team."

United have won six of their past 20 league games and conceded at least three goals in a game for the 23rd time under Ten Hag. Their summer spending took their outlay under Ten Hag up to £625.43million.

Spurs went ahead in the third minute through Brennan Johnson's tap-in after centre back Micky van de Ven carried the ball from inside his own half into the United area. Bruno Fernandes was sent off for a high tackle on James Maddison on 41 minutes but Spurs were already outplaying United before they added two more goals in the second half from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke.

Ten Hag was particularly furious Johnson's goal was reminiscent of Sam Lammers's leveller for Twente in the Europa League at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

"It was clear, we started the game very poorly," Ten Hag acknowledged. "When you concede the goal like we did, in the third minute and when we actually outnumbered [Tottenham] and concede a goal from a counter attack where the centre half is crossing the whole pitch and then bring on the goal line, a cross in and then on the back post, tapping in. That was our game plan. We should protect that area very good in the rest defence and the defensive transition because we knew the strength.

"And from that point on, we are very stressful in the game and in possession we didn’t find a spare man in the switch, bad decision-making, we couldn’t keep the ball, not aggressive enough or to play around with third-man actions, so many ball losses and we didn’t get the press right.

"The first 30 minutes was no good. But we were still alive, we had our chances with Zirkzee and Garnacho hitting the post, then you can always come back. And then the red card, we were downsized and that had a big impact on the game.

"Can’t happen in four days now we have twice a defender of the opponent who can dribble through the whole park and not be stopped. These things [should be] impossible in top football. You can’t make such mistakes."