Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag has said that his team will do everything to stop Manchester City’ treble bid. United qualified for the FA Cup finals after beating Brighton on penalties (7-6) in the semifinals and they will meet neighbors Manchester City in the first-ever Manchester derby of the FA Cup final history.
Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are chasing a treble in the ongoing season as they are in the race for the Premier League title, Champions League and FA Cup.
City are five points behind table leaders Arsenal but they have two more games in hand. The Cityzens will face Real Madrid in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League on 9th May.
“We will give everything and when I say everything, that is everything, more than 100 percent you can’t do, the fans can rely on that.” Ten Hag said. “We want to give that against City, we want to give the fans that. “We have to play the perfect game, it was the perfect game we played this season, we have to go again, we know that.
“But first of all, we have to focus on different occasions because we have to be in the top four.”
Meanwhile, Manchester United endured an ignominious defeat of 3-0 in the Europa League quarterfinal second leg against Sevilla. The Dutchman showered praise on the character of his team and also on goalkeeper David de Gea, who bounced back after a poor show against Sevilla.
“David played a great game, in and out of possession, he made some great saves, he’s done that so often this season, great saves,” Ten Hag added. “We have the most clean sheets in the Premier League, today a clean sheet as well, because we were so determined, we were fighting for it, we were organised.
“They had chances, we had our chances as well on the transition and in direct play and we’re happy with that. From Rashy and Jadon about penalties, we knew that, but we knew also they’re comfortable with penalties, they dealt with it, it’s a time ago, but they are so calm and composed in training with penalties.
“I know this is a different occasion, but I think it’s great they had this experience now and I think it will help them for the future. I don’t think there’s a hesitation before there was never a hesitation because they are really good penalty takers.”
The FA Cup final will be played on 3rd June at Wembley Stadium.
