'It is the end for Ten Hag - there is no coming back'

Erik 10 Hag's reign arsenic Manchester United head is reaching nan extremity and location is "no coming back", says erstwhile Premier League striker Chris Sutton.

United reached nan FA Cup last connected Sunday, but needed penalties to hit Championship broadside Coventry, contempt starring 3-0 pinch 20 minutes to spell astatine Wembley.

They are seventh successful nan Premier League, 16 points disconnected nan apical four, and were eliminated successful nan Champions League group shape this season.

"I really don’t cognize wherever Ten Hag goes from this," said Sutton connected BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

"It is nan extremity for him now - location is nary measurement he is coming backmost aft that."

Former Newcastle and Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given agreed, saying: "The penning is decidedly connected nan wall for him.

"It doesn’t look bully for him - he looked mislaid astatine times connected nan touchline. There is simply a batch of sound astir nan nine astatine nan moment."

Goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes had put nan Reds successful control.

Ten Hag took winger Alejandro Garnacho disconnected earlier Coventry's first goal, and Kobbie Mainoo was replaced instantly after.

Both person been agleam sparks for United this season.

"After nan crippled group are looking astatine Ten Hag’s substitutions but moreover he couldn’t person foreseen that arsenic nan worse scenario. They were cruising," said Sutton, who won nan Premier League pinch Blackburn successful 1995.

"The capacity aft 70 minutes was beautiful symptomatic of really Manchester United person played this play - they mislaid control.

"They couldn’t regain power and that has been nan rumor each season."

Ten Hag, who won nan Carabao Cup successful his first play successful complaint past year, admitted his broadside "got distant pinch one" but said it was "not an embarrassment".

"We tin play connected very precocious levels, but we tin spell to very debased levels successful nan aforesaid game," said Ten Hag. "That's not explainable.

"I person to thatch my players, clear. We person to do amended connected specified occasions. On respective occasions we fto each different down. Today we sewage distant pinch it."

United will look Manchester City successful nan FA Cup last connected 25 May, successful a repetition of past season's last which nan Blues won 2-1 connected their measurement to a historical Treble.

Danny Murphy told BBC Match of nan Day that winning nan trophy "doesn't matter" erstwhile discussing Ten Hag's future.

But erstwhile Manchester United defender Gary Neville told Sky Sports connected Sunday: "Winning trophies cannot beryllium underestimated. They won a trophy past play [the Carabao Cup] and if they won nan FA Cup it would beryllium highly difficult to sack him."

Simon Stone, BBC Sport main shot reporter

Since his co-ownership was announced connected Christmas Eve, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and caller United head Sir Dave Brailsford person presided complete a complete overhaul of United’s backroom team.

The latest assignment was Jason Wilcox arsenic method head aft his exit from Southampton was successfully negotiated.

United dream to unafraid nan services of Dan Ashworth arsenic sporting head but location is still nary statement connected that pinch Newcastle and arsenic it presently stands, it could beryllium September, erstwhile nan summertime transportation model has closed, that nan woody is yet completed.

Ten Hag is intelligibly nether pressure.

However, his supporters proceed to make nan comparison pinch Mikel Arteta, who won nan FA Cup successful his first play arsenic Arsenal leader but besides vanished eighth doubly and past 5th earlier getting nan squad he wanted.

Their triumph percent is broadly similar, which fuels belief nan business is not rather arsenic bad arsenic immoderate of nan caller performances person made it appear.