{"id":297374,"date":"2023-11-24T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297374"},"modified":"2023-11-24T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T15:25:18","slug":"erik-ten-hag-prepared-for-everton-to-be-mad-and-urges-man-utd-to-match-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-prepared-for-everton-to-be-mad-and-urges-man-utd-to-match-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag prepared for Everton to be \u2018mad\u2019 and urges Man Utd to match them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag knows Everton\u2019s players and fans will be \u201cmad\u201d about the 10-point penalty imposed on the club and has challenged his team to meet fire with fire on Sunday.<\/p>\n
United make the short trip to Goodison Park this weekend to face a Toffees team fuelled by a sense of injustice after an independent commission imposed the sanction on the club a week ago for a breach of Premier League profitability and sustainability rules.<\/p>\n
For the Red Devils, it is the first of three challenging away games in the space of six days.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday they travel to Turkey to face Galatasaray knowing a defeat will end their hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16, before a trip to take on Newcastle a week on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ten Hag is expecting Goodison Park to be a bearpit on Sunday but is determined his players will not be outmuscled.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always about us, I can see the opposition and I can see they are mad, but then finally it\u2019s about us,\u201d he said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they are mad and that\u2019s their fuel, we have to match those standards. When we match the standards we have a very good chance to win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
If they are mad and that\u2019s their fuel, we have to match those standards<\/p>\n
United head into the game in good Premier League form, having won four out of their last five matches.<\/p>\n
They are boosted by the return of England international Luke Shaw from a thigh strain which has sidelined him since August.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Andre Onana has overcome a knock suffered on international duty with Cameroon, but a decision will be taken on Saturday about whether Rasmus Hojlund can feature.<\/p>\n
The Dane suffered a muscle strain in the second half of the win over Luton just before the November international break.<\/p>\n