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The Dutchman has again played down how many shots his side conceded (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erik ten Hag has once again defended Manchester United\u2019s gameplan in matches and believes they did \u2018very good\u2019 in Sunday\u2019s 2-2 draw against Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils looked like they were heading for a walloping in the first half at Old Trafford as they failed to muster a shot on goal (for the first time since October 2015), while Luis Diaz netted with one of Liverpool\u2019s 15 efforts.<\/p>\n

But United hit back shortly after the restart thanks to a stunning long-range goal from Bruno Fernandes and then took the lead massively against the run of play through a delightful finish from Kobbie Mainoo.<\/p>\n

Still Liverpool racked up chances, hitting United on the break at will, and grabbed a point late on when Harvey Elliott was brought down inside the box and Mohamed Salah converted the resulting spot-kick.<\/p>\n

United conceded 28 shots in the match despite escaping with a draw and have now given up 253 shots since the turn of the year.<\/p>\n

Liverpool had plenty of opportunities on the break, with Ten Hag setting up his side to encourage an end-to-end game, and the United boss has defended the approach, insisting that few of the transitions his side gave up on Sunday were dangerous.<\/p>\n

Asked if he will keep persisting with a transition game after another leaky display, Ten Hag hit back: \u2018Its clear when you play Chelsea, when you play Liverpool, it will be a transition game.<\/p>\n

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United netted two stunning goals against Liverpool (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Because they are top at it, both teams, and both teams also want to play and they leave space for counters and I thought there were absolutely moments where we could have done better reactions in the transitions, the defence transitions.<\/p>\n

\u2018But in general we did very good. We conceded only goals from two set plays.<\/p>\n

\u2018In our transition we could have done even better. For instance, Garnacho with Bruno, I don\u2019t know if the pass had to come earlier or the timing from the run was too quick.<\/p>\n

\u2018And then already after a couple of minutes we should have taken the lead.\u2019<\/p>\n