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‘They can f***ing play football’ – Sky Sports apologise after Erik ten Hag’s X-rated interview following Liverpool win
SKY SPORTS were forced to apologise to viewers after Erik ten Hag swore in a post-match interview as Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford.
The United boss said: "It's all about attitude.
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"As you see, we bring attitude to the pitch. There was communication. There was fighting spirit.
"You can see what they can achieve because they can f*****g play football!"
Sky Sports presenter David Jones was quick to interject and apologise for the language.
He said: "Sorry for the language if there was a little F-Bomb dropped in there we do apologise!"
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Man Utd icon Gary Neville, who was covering the game as a pundit alongside Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher, enjoyed the slip-up though.
He jokingly responded with: "I quite enjoyed it! Can we have more of that!"
The Red Devils claimed their first three points of the season with the victory over bitter rivals Liverpool.
Jadon Sancho opened the scoring 16 minutes into the game with a superb strike, although many fans slammed Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk for his poor defending in the build-up.
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Marcus Rashford then doubled the advantage when he out-ran the Reds' defence before slotting the ball past a helpless Alisson.
Mohamed Salah got one back for Jurgen Klopp's side with 10 minutes to go, but it was too little too late.
The three points sees Man Utd climb up to 14th in the table.
Meanwhile, Liverpool slip down to 16th place after gaining just two points from their opening three games - their worst ever start to a Premier League season.
United boss Ten Hag was very pleased with his team's performance.
After the game, he said: "I was happy with it [the performance], but they have to bring it every game. Not only one game. Of course, we are happy. I know the rivalry against Liverpool.
"But don't only bring it against Liverpool. Every Premier League game is difficult, is heavy so we have to bring it to every single game - this organisation and this intensity.
"And it starts, once again, with spirit.";
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