Erik ten Hag strode into the Jimmy Murphy Centre at Carrington yesterday ready to hit back.
The assembled media didn't know it yet; Ten Hag is typically calm and measured in his responses. On Tuesday, irked by what he saw as an overreaction to their penalty shootout win over Coventry City, he wanted to come out swinging.
Asked with the opening question if he understood the reaction, the criticism, that came with coughing up a 3-0 lead to scrape by second tier Coventry City on penalties at Wembley, the United boss said: 'Absolutely not.
'You made (asked) the question, "is it embarrassing?