Ten Hag was not pleased on Saturday with the two “soft” goals conceded to Ilkay Gundogan, who netted both with volleys, including the first one just 12 seconds after kick-off.
“But we fought ourselves (into) the game,” the Dutch manager said. “There was a great spirit. We were really hard to beat and I think also in the end we could have made the equaliser.”
Bruno Fernandes scored United’s lone goal from the penalty spot. After Gundogan put City back on top, United pressed for the equaliser in the dying minutes and came close to scoring during a goal-mouth scramble in injury time.
“We wanted to end the season in a different way, it wasn’t possible but we are aware that we have made the right steps for the future this season,” Fernandes said.
“Obviously we started the game in a really bad way. But we came back into the game. I think in the first half we had really good spells on the ball. After we had our goal, we had some more counters and chances where we could have scored,” he added.
“In the second half again, we conceded an early goal, another amazing goal by Gundo. After we had still some chances where could have scored but we didn’t and City deserved to win.”
With the season behind them, Ten Hag was asked about what comes next.
“I only have one plan and that is to improve this club.”
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