Every word from second part of Erik ten Hag pre match press conference for Forest v Man Utd

Erik, how would you assess Antony’s type lately?
“Dos Santos? I feel… each time… he’s not dropping video games. When he’s taking part in [full games], the workforce is successful. That already provides a message of how properly he’s performing. He can do higher, I see area for enchancment. As an illustration, and I feel additionally you understand this, we wish him to be extra direct and be extra concerned. However as I mentioned, the workforce is performing higher if he’s on the pitch. That’s an excellent factor, that’s an excellent base to construct additional. I feel he has already made an enchancment. In his first three video games, he scored three targets. Now he was scoring towards Everton, he was scoring towards Charlton, so additionally that reality, he has an affect. However I feel together with his capabilities, together with his skills, he can do much more. However as I mentioned, I feel he has [made] an excellent contribution within the workforce.”

Is he adapting as rapidly as you had hoped? Typically it seems as if his team-mates get annoyed with him. He had that change with Bruno in the course of the Palace recreation…
“I feel that may occur. They’re each gamers who play with the guts and once they deliver that within the recreation, they’re on their finest so it’s all the time a type of steadiness. And all the time between gamers, generally feelings flare up however I feel within the second second they’re already good with one another so that’s not an issue. I feel positively the gamers will not be annoyed with him.”