Villa is a different team to Liverpool, they don't push up high. Rashford up top works in big games, not against teams who sit back. It made sense, didn't work, it is what it is.
Ten hag should be untouchable as long as he shows progress and we play well, whether we get top 4 or not. It's a process. It takes time. We aren't going to go from last season and the Mish Mash squad into his best form. The improvement speed already has been remarkable to be honest. Also - it's not just us in this top 4 race? Arteta after 3 years with Arsenal finally has them playing well and in a title race with City and Pep, who we don't need to talk about of course as we can only hope we get to a point where Ten Hag can be anything near Pep and our squads can in any way be comparable.
And then there's Klopp and Liverpool. Conte and Spurs. Chelsea with Potter now. All top managers. All but Potter further along in their process and squad building than United. And besides - I'd say in the current situation in the league, we're pretty much looking favourites for 3rd as things stand. So again. Not sure what the big deal is. We'll lose some games of course. An away game to Villa with a new (very good) manager where we are missing 5 key players after an excellent run from us, it's hardly a surprise that this is where we slipped up.
