_We want more - Erik ten Hag reflects on Manchester United s season following win over Chelsea

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So, as mentioned, it will be Manchester United, not Liverpool,
in the Champions League next season.
That's after Erik ten Haag's side confirmed their place in the top four
with a 4-1 demolition of Chelsea.
I have always high expectations of myself.
So I think this club belongs in the Champions League.
So you have to qualify under the first four.
But this league is very strong.
Many teams, many clubs who are competing for a position
and they all can do it.
So we are happy we are under the first four.
I think we played a good season in the Premier League.
I would say a very good season.
This is, for this moment, the maximum.
But we want more.
So, a delight for Manchester United, but despair for Chelsea.
Going into the final game of the season,
they are facing their lowest Premier League finish since 1996.
Last night's loss was their 22nd in all competitions.
That's their worst in a season since 1979.
And after the game, Frank Lampard hit out at a drop in standards in the squad.
The question, I think, as a professional at the top level
will be asked of you in a period of bad form.
And the only way to answer that is to answer it with your performance.
And it starts, as I've said before,
with how you work and how you train and how you prepare.
And if I'm honest, collectively, that's been the thing that was
quite glaringly short as a collective.
Now, there are a lot of reasons for that.
So, that's not just a aimless dig.
That's because there are sometimes variables.
It's been a tough season.
People talk about the squad size, things that are very valid.
But at the same time, coming in in this short period,
you can see that when a group is training and it's really together
and it's pushing and pushing each other and those things,
then good things come.
And you, as the individual, improve within that.
And at the moment, that momentum is not there.
It's clear.
So, it doesn't matter.
When I get asked, well, why did you play back five?
That gets analysed.
You go, well, play back four and people have to defend
the responsibility individually much more.
That's modern football.
You can see some shortcomings.
So, this is not a tactical thing.
And it's not been a tactical thing since I've been here.
It's been more about assessing where the group are.
Can you help individuals within it?
Well, Chelsea's record under Lampard makes for alarming reading.
No team has scored fewer than their eight goals
since his return to the club.
He's only won one of his eight league games, losing six.
And their total of four points in that time
is joint 18th in the Premier League.
