Erik ten Hag has praised the efficiency of teenager Willy Kambwala in Man Utd’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday.
19-year-old Kambwala was drafted into the Man Utd beginning lineup for simply the second time in his quick profession this weekend, with Ten Hag being pressured to play the teenager as a result of accidents suffered by Raphael Varane, Victor Lindelof, Lisandro Martinez and Jonny Evans.
Regardless of going up towards among the finest ahead strains in Europe, Kambwala greater than held his personal at Previous Trafford on Sunday, making plenty of notable defensive contributions all through the eventual 2-2 draw.
Chatting with BBC Sport after the sport, Ten Hag was eager to reward the defender’s outing, stating that he deserved his probability as a consequence of latest performances in coaching: “He has been coaching some time with us and progressing properly,” stated Ten Hag.
“The subsequent technology have to step in and he’s doing good. The problem for him is doing it constantly.
“Nice alternative for him and we’ve got different choices like bringing Casemiro in at centre-half, however at the moment he deserved it and he confirmed it on the pitch.”
Ten Hag additionally gave his evaluation of the sport itself, stating that he was “proud” of his group’s second half exhibiting within the draw:
“On one facet I’m disillusioned that we’ve got dropped seven factors in a single week after being in profitable positions, however we’ve got accountable ourselves for making silly errors.
“On the opposite facet I’m very proud. You see how we’re enhancing and the potential of this squad is wonderful – I’m proud. In decisive areas we have been dropping battles particularly with younger gamers we weren’t assured to win them [duels].
“We inspired within the second half to do higher they usually stepped up.”
