Erik ten Hag addresses questions on his future after latest Manchester United defeat

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Erik ten Hag insists he is a "fighter" amid growing pressure on his role as Manchester United manager after another damaging defeat.

United lost 3-0 in their second successive home game to Newcastle United as their defence of the League Cup ended in the fourth round.

Five of United's eight defeats this season have come at Old Trafford and it is the first time they have lost five of their first ten games at home since 1930-31. PLAYER RATINGS: Dalot and Martial awful MATCH REACTION: Players' reactions sum up mess at United With United out of the only competition they have won in the last six years, nine points off the top four in the Premier League and in danger of Champions League group stage elimination, scrutiny is growing on Ten Hag's position. "I'm a fighter," Ten Hag stressed, "and I know it's not always going up and we have a lot of setbacks this season so far, but you also have to deal with it and it's never an excuse. "I have said before, when there are setbacks, the routines, the way of play are not similar, not the same, but even then you have to get the results in. "Obviously, Sunday and tonight was far from that.

We have to do things right, at a certain level, a minimum level to win games. "I understand [the scrutiny]. When the results are not there then there is a logical process questioning that.