{"id":11628,"date":"2023-12-18T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=11628"},"modified":"2023-12-18T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:49:03","slug":"ten-hag-lauds-players-for-near-perfect-defensive-show-in-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/12\/18\/ten-hag-lauds-players-for-near-perfect-defensive-show-in-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Hag Lauds Players for Near-Perfect Defensive Show in Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Erik ten Hag expressed admiration for his Manchester United defense after securing a goalless draw against Liverpool at Anfield. Despite facing 34 shots from the hosts, goalkeeper Andre Onana, often criticized, made eight crucial saves to deny Liverpool.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Following consecutive defeats to Bournemouth and Bayern Munich, the Red Devils&#8217; resilient defense pleased Ten Hag, who acknowledged the team&#8217;s collective effort in thwarting Liverpool&#8217;s chances. Although United has struggled to score in their last three matches, Ten Hag remains optimistic about the team&#8217;s defensive prowess, emphasizing the need to maintain such performances in upcoming games.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Despite missed opportunities, including a notable chance for Rasmus Hojlund, Ten Hag recognizes the importance of converting scoring opportunities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erik ten Hag expressed admiration for his Manchester United defense after securing a goalless draw against Liverpool at Anfield. Despite facing 34 shots from the hosts, goalkeeper Andre Onana, often criticized, made eight crucial saves to deny Liverpool. Following consecutive defeats to Bournemouth and Bayern Munich, the Red Devils&#8217; resilient defense pleased Ten Hag, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":11629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[321],"class_list":["post-11628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-manchester-united"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11828,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11628\/revisions\/11828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}