Taking both Barcelona and Manchester United's current performances into account, we can conclude that Barcelona is a better side than Manchester United because they have a couple of wins in their last matches and have recently surpassed Real Madrid to become the top of the Laliga table, whereas Manchester United is still struggling to return to the top four in the Premier League table. Nonetheless, the match will be difficult because we both know that Manchester United has a strong team capable of defeating Barcelona, even if their Premier League performance is not as good as Barcelona's in Laliga.
We can't conclude yet which club is far better because both clubs play in different leagues having their respective weakness. Barcelona were unable to enter the knock out stage of the Champions League , while Manchester finished the same point with Real Sociedad just 1 point GD separated them. It is going to be a home and away game so aggregate will count as well as goals. Ten Hag seems to give in more to the Europa League than he does in the Premier League and United has a more balanced team than Barcelona at the moment all they need to is utilise them.
If we look at the depth of the players, the pattern of play, the mentality of the players, the strategies of these two teams. obviously, Barcelona is more in favor. the schedule for this fight is still long, Erik Ten Hag has time to improve the potential and performance of his players.
this match will not be easy for the Red Devils, Barcelona are a strong team, especially if they field the starting line-up of main players, plus with players who have recovered from their injuries. Barcelona seems stronger than Manchester United, plus, these two teams have a history of twice in the champions league final that Barcelona won.
This match has received more attention from Ten Hag, because Manchester United cannot be said to be in its actual form, there are many things that need to be revised by Ten Hag, especially the front-line players who lack sharpness.
You can compare the two Man United vs Real Sociedad matches, how they had to go all out to win the match. So, Ten Hag has an extra job to bring Man United through to the next round.