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"The result is quite obvious. It's
unprofessional," said Ten Hag, whose side had been riding high a
week ago after winning the League Cup final against Newcastle
United, with talk of them making a late push for the Premier
League title.
Trailing 1-0 after Sunday's first half, United unravelled after
the break.
"We were so unprofessional about decisions... moving forward,
giving the space away in the back, in the midfield, not tracking
back... then it's 3-0, then the game goes," Ten Hag told a news
conference.
"But then, as a team, you have to stick together. And that is
what we didn't do. And that was a surprise for me. I haven't
seen this from my team. I don't think it's Manchester United. So
it's really bad and poor."
Former United captain Roy Keane said it was a "shocking day".
"The senior players were embarrassing. They didn't show any
leadership skills," he said.
"A really tough day for Man United and thank goodness I have
never been part of losing like that. The players will be
ashamed; when the going got tough, they went missing."
United arrived at Anfield unbeaten in 11 games, including their
League Cup victory and a come-from-behind win over West Ham in
the FA Cup.
Ten Hag said they played a "decent" first half but things turned
bad after halftime.
"They didn't co-operate any more together, and they didn't
fulfil their jobs," the Dutchman said. "There are many things...
it makes me angry, to concede so easily goals."
Ten Hag said United, who host Real Betis in the first leg of a
Europa League round-of-16 match on Thursday, needed to learn
from the loss.
"We had so many good results in the last week, months. So many
good performances. And this was a really bad performance."
(Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Clare Fallon)
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