Ralf Rangnick urged Manchester United players to cut out their negative body language ahead of the 3-1 Premier League win over Burnley.
Ralf Ragnick said: “In team sports, it is always important you are convinced about what you are doing. At Newcastle, it was a difficult game for us, we were 1-0 down after seven minutes. They did well, we didn’t play well, especially in the first-half. Therefore the reaction to what is happening on the pitch is the question: how do we react to this? Do we fight back, do we show them we are a team that believes in ourselves, or do we shake our heads and do this and that? These kind of things only help the other team and do damage our own team. For me, it was clear to tell them it is important we work and behave as a team and don’t show these kinds of side-effects on the pitch.”
United recorded their first three-goal haul in Rangnick’s fifth match in charge, with all of the goals coming in the first 35 minutes against Burnley. Despite the failure to add to their advantage in the second-half, Rangnick was satisfied with the offensive performance on a night Burnley often unnerved United’s defenders.
Ralf Ragnick said: “I would say offensively yes (it was the best performance), defensively whenever we have the ball in their half we made a lot of those things we had intended to do, find the right spots, the right places, the right spaces, taking players on in one-on-one situations. After the third goal we scored we gave away one goal, so whenever the ball was in our half there was still some space for improvement but offensively I agree that was our best performance.”
