Like it or not, Manchester United has a lot to learn from Manchester City. Especially Ten Hag, where Erik Ten Hag was too confident in the inaugural Manchester Derby. Just look at Erik Ten Hag maintaining the composition of the players as they did against Liverpool and Arsenal, but Manchester City is not both because this team has a much more aggressive performance. Pay attention to the midfield that Pep Guardiola's composition is really so easy and free to penetrate Manchester United defense both from the left wing and right wing.
Erik Ten Hag must learn from Ancelotti, where the game that Ancelotti uses to suppress Pep Guardiola's strategy is a reactive football composition, not playing openly in the first half. As a result in the first half Manchester United had to receive 4 goals, we saw in the second half they were able to provide resistance after the entry of Casemiro, Marshall, and Fred who actually made a slight change. Ten Hag should have realized the composition of the second half had to be applied in the first half and maybe the result wouldn't be as bad as this.
This match is an important lesson for Erik Ten Hag going forward. Just imagine, there are many weaknesses that occur, especially in the first round. relying solely on Marcus Rashford, was not enough to match the strength of the home team who were ON FIRE. as a result, Man City broke into Man United quite easily.
De Gea had made a save, but there was little he could do to prevent City's goals.
Defensively, the Red Devils' form was a complete mess, but the worst thing was, Diogo Dalot, as well as the attacking midfielders. Bruno Fernandes, played ineffective, both when he had the ball or not.
As a result, their game was not productive, especially in the first half. It is important for Ten Hag, that his squad really has many shortcomings that must be addressed in the future.