Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, has thanked Manchester City and Pep Guardiola for teaching his side a lesson in the derby.
United were 4-0 down at halftime at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday and eventually lost 6-3.
Ten Hag has now admitted the result was a “reality check”; after wins over Liverpool and Arsenal.
However, the Dutchman expects a response when his team travels to Cyprus to face Omonia FC in the Europa League on Thursday.
“When you beat Arsenal and Liverpool, now we get a reality check with Manchester City,”; Ten Hag said.
“We know we have to step up. So thank you for the lesson, Pep and City, we will take that, we have to understand.
“When you’re in a process, it won’t go only upside, you will have setbacks.
“We beat Liverpool, but on Sunday we had a bad day at the office and we got beat. We have to accept that, but we can’t accept our performance, that was unacceptable.”;
