Bangkok, New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag oversaw a 4-0 win over archrival Liverpool on Tuesday in his first game in charge as European pre-season friendlies returned to Asia after a two-year break.<\/P>
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The Dutch coach was quick to downplay the significance of the result, however, against a Liverpool side that made a total of 21 substitutions, reports AP.<\/P>
\u201cI think our team played brave, played proactive. We have to work really hard to cut out the mistakes but of course we are happy with the first game. I know we have good players,\u201d Ten Hag told the club\u2019s in-house TV channel.<\/P>
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\u201cThey were not in their strongest so we have to not overestimate this result. … But, still, I have seen some really good things and I think what you see is we have a lot of creativity and speed up front, so we have potential.\u201d<\/P>
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More than 50,000 fans packed into Bangkok\u2019s iconic Rajamangala Stadium for a first chance to see Premier League stars since before the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/P>
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Top European teams have been coming to Asia for preseason tours for decades \u2014 this was Liverpool\u2019s seventh visit to Bangkok \u2014 but those trips were called off in 2020 and 2021.<\/P>
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Jadon Sancho, Fred and Anthony Martial scored in the first half for United, while Facundo Pellistri added a late fourth in reversal of last season\u2019s results when Liverpool beat its northwest rival 5-0 and 4-0 in the Premier League.<\/P>
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wasn\u2019t bothered by the result, having left stars such as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk on the bench at the start of the game.<\/P>
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\u201cThe game obviously came a bit too early for us, for a few of our players.,\u201d Klopp said. \u201cYou can see that as well. Mistakes happen in football. We could have scored I think three or four in the last five minutes but didn\u2019t and that was our fault.\u201d<\/P>
Ten Hag made 11 changes during the game as both coaches spread the minutes around.<\/P>
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Source: Bahrain News Agency<\/P>
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