Immediately the ball went in Ten hag stood up aggressively from his seat and shouted at the players.
Ten hag's POV
What the f**k are you doing, how did that happen, what were you guys all thinking? I roared at the players.
Get the ball and kick off, let me see passion and the right attitudes knock them back into their post and get Goals.
The match started again with Martial passing straight to Lindelof who held the ball a bit before going long to find Scott Mctominay who lays it off to to Van de beek who immediately passes to Sancho on the right side, Sancho got the ball and faces Moreno one on one, he uses tricks to create space and then lays a pass for wan bissaka to cross into the box who then over hit the ball and was recycled by Williams who tries to cross into the box, his cross goes to the far post where Van de beek heads it straight to the Real Betis keeper.
As the end of the first half gets close, so does the change in the mentality of the two teams with my team trying everything to score a goal while Betis try to take their to goal leads into the break.
In the 41st minute, Iqbal got a pass from Lindelof and completed a swift turn to beat a marker behind him, he takes a step and try to thread a through pass to seek Martial the pass was intercepted but not fully cleared with Iqbal gaining possession again at the edge of the box and then tried a low drive to the bottom left corner. A quick reaction from bravo helped keep their lead at two goals, corner to man United.
A lot of attempts from the players went without a positive response while the Real Betis players seek to end the first half.
A goal kick by bravo going short and his players starting play from the back was lost to Scott Mctominay cos of relentless pressing from my players, he immediately passed to Iqbal who made a one two with Martial and then a through pass to Sancho who rounds bravo with the ball and then hit the ball from a tight corner to the goal, but was miraculously cleared off the line by .....
At the second minute of injury time with the lads holding possession for three minutes straight they reset and try to go all over again, Lindelof passes to Williams who then passed to Scott Mctominay who returns to Mengi who seemed out wan bissaka who then passed back to Lindelof, he used his pass to make the team advance by going straight to Iqbal,.who turned immediately after receiving the ball and made a series of one twos, starting from Garnacho to martial and then passed to Van de beek in the middle of the park who passed to Sancho, Sancho after trying to break through without success passed to martial who is at the edge of the box and then ran into the box asking for a return pass, martial obliged on getting the ball by making a lob pass to him, immediately Sancho got the ball, he attracted the attention of the defenders who desperately tried to stop him from facing their keeper in a one on one fully, Garnacho made a run from the other side and Sancho seeing him made a move like he was setting up for a shot, on seeing the defenders committed to blocking his shot, he made a reverse pass to Garnacho who calmly placed it into the net. 2-1 against Man United, the deficit has been reduced, what a time to score, if there are any nice team goal. The referee ended the first half immediately.
In the dressing room, facing the players, I berated them for their lack of focus at the start of the game asking if their last big win has gotten to their head and then commended them on the way they played like a team at the second part of the first half, I explain the need for team plays and asked them for more commitment before leaving them to think on their own.
Third party's POV.
David de gea stood up clapping hands, guys we can win this match just go all out attacking leave the post to me no one scores when Dave saves.
Sancho starts; Alright, that's it we can do it hands together on three, one two three, United. They all chorused.
The Manchester United players came out looking hungry and wild and got into position waiting for the match to restart about 30 seconds before it is due.