Christian Eriksen said Hannibal Mejbri deserved his moment in the spotlight after scoring his first Manchester United goal in Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford.
Manchester United answered major Erik ten Hag concern in win vs Nottingham Forest
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Manchester United pulled back a two-goal deficit to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at Old Trafford and in doing so, answered a major concern of Erik ten Hag's.
Goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Willy Boly put the visitors ahead inside four minutes and silenced a shell-shocked Old Trafford crowd. But United were able to catch a breath and impose themselves, eventually coming out on top.
Christian Eriksen got an all-important goal before half-time, his deft flick halving the deficit going into the break. Casemiro levelled the scores seven minutes into the second half and when Marcus Rashford was brought down inside the box, Bruno Fernandes fired his spot-kick past Matt Turner to complete the comeback.
United had the reputation of comeback kings for more than two decades under Sir Alex Ferguson, but that ability to bounce back from early blows has been somewhat lost. Ten Hag's side often picked themselves up for the next game but doing so during the 90 minutes was not as simple.
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The Reds managed to write off arguably one of their worst performances of the season in April, a month in which they were humbled with a 3-0 away defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League last-16. Three days later, they progressed past Brighton to reach the FA Cup final.
"It was the worst game of the season in Sevilla," Ten Hag admitted after beating the Seagulls on penalties. "You can't change it anymore but take the lessons for the future.
"What we've proved is we can deal with setbacks and bounce back between games, but now what we have to improve is bouncing back in a game, in difficult situations, in away stadiums, we have to show personality, carry on and stick to the
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