The Dutchman felt that his team was the best team and that the decisions went against Ajax. Ajax canceled out one goal in each half and lost the game 2-1, having taken a 1-0 lead at halftime. It is never nice to lose a trophy and it was bad for Ajax to lose to tough competitor PSV Eindhoven. Photo by ANP via Getty Images
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Ten Hague responds to defeat
Ten Haag gave his opinion after the game, speaking to Dutch journalists. He said that, like the officials, Ajax had to blame itself. He told Voetball International: “There should have been only one team with the cup, this is Ajax. “We do it to ourselves, we make two very big mistakes. While we had told each other that you have to stay one hundred percent focused. “You have to defend much better, you can never let Gakpo come in, that’s where his qualities are. “There are two people standing next to you, you have to keep him on the left.” He admitted that it was simply not Ajax day, commenting on another attempt by his team that hit the crossbar. Ten Haag said: “We scored a great goal with Klaassen. just offside. And a shot by Tadic on the crossbar. It should not be, these are the forces and the forces in football. It was not easy, but you also have to impose it yourself. “ Speaking about the refereeing, Ten Hague said that his team should also have a penalty: “We played with more than eleven players. Nevertheless, we showed character and we should not lose this game. But that’s what happened. “
Ready for the race
Photo by ANP via Getty Images Ten Hague’s Ajax can still win the championship. It is five points behind PSV Eindhoven with five games to go. Asked if losing the cup final would affect the Eredivisie title race and he was adamant he would not, he replied: “No, because as I said, my team has character. We showed it today. “Despite all the obstacles we had, we dealt with them well. We could not force it today, we will do it in the next games. “If I see my team playing football like that in the first half against a very good team like PSV, then we do not need to worry. But we have to play five finals, we have to realize that. “We make mistakes ourselves and they are punished.” The Telegraph reports that Ten Haag has agreed to become manager of Manchester United, but that was not the day for the coach to discuss his future. He has a job to finish at Ajax and will be more determined than ever to win the championship for the third time before leaving. Dan is still wondering what would have happened if United had kept Juan Veron … David Moyes wants West Ham to sign young Manchester United this summer
