The 2-2 as a result in isolation, considering where the 2 teams are is a decent / good result.
However, the criticism doesn’t just come from the 2-2. It comes from watching the 30 previous league games and the disastrous champions league campaign, and seeing and knowing that we have no ability to control any football match, irrespective of the opposition. The criticism comes from seeing the same mistakes repeated again and again, which were again repeated in the game against Liverpool, and losing all hope that the guy in charge has either the ability or the intention to change that.
The fact that you want to sidestep this whole issue by focusing just on the 2-2 result, shows how disingenuous you are being while discussing EtH’s performance (and this is what the thread is for, not for blindly praising a guy for failing his job).
But you do the same as others: the criticism is so vague, not correct and if you do debunk it, you come up with something new.
For instance, there is no ability to control any game you say. What control do you mean? To see out a game? Several times Ten Hag asked and acted to get control of a game. The players available have evidently let him down.
To do it minute 1 till 90 minute? I have news for you: even LFC didn't control that kind of game.
Control of defense? Many shots against? That is not due Ten Hag but a product of individual errors and again, no quality. Besides the stats shows we have a low goal against production, so even with 8000 shots against that doesn't mean anything.
Manchester United wanted to enter the 21st century and play high press game. We hired Rangnick and then Ten Hag for that task. The problem is that Rangnick and Ten Hag do not have the players to play high press. They are also not good enough play anything else; park the bus went disastrous vs City and Brentford. I also see a lot of other traits that you can argue there is control of the game, control of the midfield. The inverted backs, DMs wingers and Bruno attack in sheer numbers the midfield of opposition, create a high turn over and supply a kind of attack that makes come back goals possible.
Maybe you like to go back to 20th century football and maybe thats why INEOS, catering for the CFA, is trying out Sam Allardyce and Southgate.
Me I'm happy with Ten Hag. More than happy with the result against LFC given the unbelievable huge numbers - much more than other top 6 teams as per
@BenitoSTARR thread - of injured players. Each game you see Ten Hag try different methodes to get hold of a winning situation. A situation you would never have with a 20th century coach. We need a few more players to make the Ten hag system perform more consistently but if you hire this man's craft, you have to give him the tools. Not McTominay, Lindeloff and an injured whole season left back with no back up. No back u for Bruno or Casemiro. Or mainoo, who is 18.
Don't judge a manager on results, judge him on performance.
..? Eh? Then why hire Moyes? Jose Mourinho? Why is Tuchel or Nagelsmann getting sacked? I promise you that is because of the lack of results. Results should always be the number one grade on wich to judge any sports entity whether being coach or player or club in general. Ten Hag wil be sacked tomorrow if he has a run of 3 losses, games where no chance of any come back occured. As it is he lost from winning position against Chelsea, and was in winning position vs LFC with 3rd and 4th choice CBs.. believe me, that impresses INEOS.
Manchester United wants to enter the 21st century, needs a huge overhaul of the squad with backing of manager for their number one targets - wich often did not happen. Weghorst is not a first choice striker for any PL team. There you go.